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Gold/Mining/Energy : Certicom Corporation (TSE:CIC, NASD:CERT) -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Ron Nairn who wrote (2313)	11/17/1999 6:08:00 AM
From: Tom Drolet	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 4913

Rondo: Thanks for your comments re CIBC/Verisgn. Thought you may enjoy this am clip from Jessi-- what with your new Palm and all (with CIC/ECC inside the Palm VII). "Why Palm Keeps Beating Windows CE Hands Down" Jesse Berst, Editorial Director ZDNet AnchorDesk Wed 17 Nov 99 Political races are generally boring. A well-funded incumbent dominates the election, while the remaining candidates fight over fringe voters. But sometimes a darkhorse storms out of nowhere riding a groundswell of support to victory. In the race to lead our wireless handheld future, darkhorse Palm swiftly became the frontrunner. Snatching first place from the incumbent Microsoft before Windows CE could even start campaigning. THE ELECTION Palm and Microsoft are fighting to control the post-PC era. Where devices such as cell phones, handhelds and even cars will all connect to the Internet. No matter who makes those devices -- they'll need an operating system. Cahners In-Stat Group predicts 25 million people will receive data over wireless Net devices by 2003 (click for more). You can almost hear the "Ka-ching!" from future licensing deals now. THE CANDIDATES The two major players in the wireless handheld OS market are: Palm. Palm Computing makes the Palm OS and the Palm Pilot. Analysts predict the Palm OS will have 80% of the market with an installed base of more than three million units by the end of this year. Windows CE. The PC-Windows' little brother. It was built to extend Microsoft's dominance into handhelds, set-top boxes and other consumer appliances. But it's not very good and it never gained popularity with developers. It lags behind Palm with 13% of the market. PALM ENDORSEMENTS Like any good candidate, Palm has lined up an impressive list of supporters: SONY. The consumer electronics giant will put the Palm OS on the next generation of its handheld devices. In return, Palm will use Sony's Memory Stick to expand the capabilities of the Palm Pilot. Sony is also the first Windows licensee to abandon the WinCE platform for the Palm. Click for more. Nokia. Will license the Palm OS for its next-generation of pen-based cell phones. Click for more. HandSpring Visor. With its low price point and expansion capabilities, this Palm clone is in such high demand, HandSpring's Chairman can't even get one. Click for more. WINDOWS CE SETBACKS A number of hindrances has kept the Windows CE platform at bay: Lack of hardware support. Philips recently announced that it would no longer create the CE-based Nino. Other companies that have scrapped CE-based products include Sharp, NEC and Motorola. Click for more. Delays. PCWeek recently reported that the next version, Windows CE 3.0 is in early testing and will probably miss Microsoft's original target to ship by the end of the year. Click for more. Additional TCO. A recent study by the GartnerGroup indicates that the total cost of ownership (TCO) for Windows-CE-based devices was $100 more per unit than other PDAs. Click for more.