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To: Jon Koplik who wrote (15827)	8/16/2000 8:26:12 PM
From: Rocket Scientist	Respond to of 29987

<OT> It's OK with me; SI would improve its service if it's able to provide grammar check to its subscribers. It's possible it'll offer you the job.

To: Jon Koplik who wrote (15827)	8/16/2000 11:30:27 PM
From: Maurice Winn	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 29987

I'll be the asymptotic police. When Gregg [note the correct spelling of his name folks] Powers wrote, <The financing question obviously interrelates with the demand picture as the liquidity questions will evaporate as the subscriber count turns asymptotic.>, he is using the expression 'asymptotic' loosely, [not losely] Yes, it's true that Constellation1 can provide service to a limited number of subscribers and the subscriber count for Constellation1 will be asymptotic, leveling out at about 6 million subscribers [more or less, depending on the mix of data, fixed and mobile phones and how many minutes people use per phone]. Asymptotes are limits beyond which graphs can't go - the graph might get closer and closer, but never quite get there. The graph starts out slowly, then goes steeper and steeper [or shallower and shallower depending on the graph], as it gets nearer and nearer to the limit. encarta.msn.com What Gregg meant really was that growth will be our old favourite formation, the hockey stick! Exponential. Geometric. That sort of idea. Starting slowly, then zooming away. Not that growth was limited. Of course, the number of subscribers will be unlimited [remote sensors and avatars* will also want to have their connections] and Globalstar will fill the sky with satellites depending on demand. My estimate is that there will be 100 million subscribers by 2010. By 2020, anything could happen [3 billion subscribers?] Gregg used the elephant herding, Newtonian physics, analogy for service providers. Service providers being tough to herd, but when they get going, they have a lot of momentum. When that herd gets going, there will be a stampede. The stampede will be shorts getting out of the way of the elephants. Shorts are short enough without getting trampled into the bargain. Mqurice PS: Thanks for the perspective Gregg! It's much appreciated by all. * Avatars. www-robotics.usc.edu Windstar, Wingscar, Windcast, Wingstar or whatever it is will provide service to those things via Globalstar. Also, we'll have our own personal avatars running around doing things for us and they'll need to be in communication [okay, that's heading into the science-fiction realm but they thought man would not land on the moon and that's ancient history now].