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To: Maurice Winn who wrote (38065)	8/16/1999 5:18:00 PM
From: Cosmo Daisey	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 152472

Its the arrogance of Motorola and the ego of the managers that kept them investing in I*, they always believed that because they are so big they can solve any problems, even using the wrong technology. EGO is the reason they pushed forward and ignored CDMA. MOT follows the "NIH" rule. If its "not invented here" its no good. This attitude is what helped bring the end to Digital Equip., now part of Compaq. DEC introduced the Rainbow PC to market using their own operating system. They reasoned that because they were the biggest and best in mini's that the public would buy their PC even though it wasn't IBM compatable. Well, DEC learned what MOT will soon learn. cdaiseyPhD@market-history-harvard.edu

To: Maurice Winn who wrote (38065)	8/16/1999 6:04:00 PM
From: puzzlecraft	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 152472

OT: "Motorola looks ragged". In the very long term they could do well with the Teledesic Death Star. MOT has considerable ownership, very wealthy partners, and if the ground interface is revamped from TDMA to high bandwidth turbo coded microcellular radios for the last-mile solution, as suggested in the EE Times, the company should be a major player in the mid to late 20 zeros. The Teledesic group will likely, IMO, take their time to work out their re-designs. John