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Pastimes : The New Qualcomm - write what you like thread. -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Jon Koplik who wrote (1771)	6/11/2000 6:03:00 PM
From: Maurice Winn	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 12231

Maurice you make a good argument about Q's willingness to take risks, but in Nokia's defense I believe San Diego is a much better place to become broke and homeless than Helsinki. More to the point, there's a difference between managing a small startup and managing an S&P 500 company worth billions. Companies which undergo this transition often need to undergo a change in leadership as well. I don't think that's the case with Qualcomm, but if it's not then IJ needs to be keeping a lot more balls in the air. R&D is one of them, but cash flow and present day payoffs are others. Funding R&D is one thing, but if Q still wants to be in the startup business, they should fund them separately and give them their own management. And if running startups is what keeps IJ coming to work each morning that's what he should be doing, but not in his present job. Qualcomm can no longer afford to divert too much management attention to the long term payoffs. They have to begin living in the here and now. And Tero, my apologies for invading the thread, but this is now the only place where one can discuss Qualcomm without drowning in a sea of muck. Based on what I've seen lately this state of affairs will probably not last much longer, and I apologize in advance for any role I might have played in the process. <g> ---------------------------------------------------------- That was tricky Mark - you were already here!! See, it's true that people can travel faster than the speed of light as recently found [if they can put up with the caesium atmosphere]. AND be in two places at once - just like in the Quantum world where all states exist simultaneously until an observer observes. You can go back in time [or enter] the Nokia world by diving into this pool: Message 13864982 Heck, now I'm starting to go in circles - which seems to be how the universe works. Maybe this is the key to making those damn Gravitons spin in reverse. Hmmm? Jon, sorry if this is confusing!