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To: Eric L who wrote (170)	8/24/1999 11:19:00 PM
From: Mark Oliver	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 332

With all these functions added through a slot, how does this affect the value of the operating system? The current thought is that Win CE is too big and not powerful enough. EPOC is a system of choice. Surely, there should be some devices that might want to use Linux and then we always have the techies at Sun. How do we go about predicting the future here? Are the Europeans going to be quick to adopt this payment technology? Often, it seemed like they were reluctant to press ahead with these things, but now it seems like the are the most experimental? I suppose their dealings with multiple currencies will only help them to make the paperless switch. Thanks for the links. Regards, Mark

To: Eric L who wrote (170)	8/25/1999 9:58:00 AM
From: Mark Oliver	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 332

Eric, here's a story about Matsushita, Toshiba and SanDisk joining forces to develop and sell advanced memory cards that protect copyrights in the online distribution of music and video. They talk about these cards going into many devices including phones. They mention a problem that there are good standards for design. I guess you said it when you mentioned this MOT phone being the first to have 2 open slots for after market use. cbs.marketwatch.com Regards, Mark