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To: Ruffian who wrote (2548)	10/20/1999 3:15:00 PM
From: quidditch	Respond to of 13582

Yeah, great! Microsoft's mobile data deals so far [READ Q]have involved CE-based client devices and Microsoft BackOffice apps, whereas in this case it looks like it'll be Symbian devices and BackOffice apps....according to reliable sources, Microsoft ducked out of the Ericsson-led GPRS Applications Alliance at the last minute. Microsoft still won't have joined in with the others via the DoCoMo deal, but it should at least have offered tacit recognition that by pushing the CE-client/MS-server combination it risks losing the back end as well as the client. Great! Q gets suckered in by Mr. Softee for WK, lots of fanfare, and WK becomes part of the dead files while Q and MSFT keep pushing back launch. Meanwhile, Mr. S is playing footsie with Symbian after realizing CE doesn't cut it. At least right now, it looks as though Q guinea pigged this one, and Mq was dead wrong. When was the last time any one on the threads got excited by WK? Ruffians--Sunday evening one of the best games ever. Ventura should have hoofed his Gibson limp around the bases. Sunday night, he didn't care. Now he might wish he hadn't vanished beneath the pile.