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To: TCcutter who wrote (7404)	3/5/2000 2:58:00 PM
From: lkj	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 10309

TC, I would never classify WRS as a wireless player. It is an Internet software player. Its products will be used in servers, switches, and clients. Though some of these clients will be wireless, much of it will be "wired". At least this is the case right now. WRS is trying to gain market share in the wireless market, but I don't think WRS has much to offer for the 10kbps handsets out there today. VxWorks can play a part in 3G handsets, but it's still some times away. As for your article, isn't it always assumed that WRS will only support one OS? It didn't appear to me that WRS is dumping pSOS. WRS is simply merging the two into one product in 2001. (At least that most pSOS customers need to think so.) This is a must for WRS to blow away the competition, entering new markets, and generate fat profit. I like WRS' strategy going forward, one stop shop from development platform to tools and from integration to services. Fidler wants to be the Microsoft of embedded software. All of a sudden, QNX, Lynx, Green Hill, and others are looking like Lotus, Novell, and Borland. The strategy to support Linux is a great move. It will probably confuse the embedded Linux market more than anything else. A trick stolen from Bill Gate. You go, Fidler! Khan