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To: Cooters who wrote (78933)	8/23/2000 10:28:17 PM
From: foundation	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 152472

"I am going to spar with you a bit." ---------- Cooters, I have written of my preference for I-Mode's software architecture over WAP many times. Being browser based, it offers seamless, superior compatibility with wireless IP. WAP, as presently constructed, will, over time, be rendered useless, in my view. I-Mode's present content is uninspired. Much of its popularity is due to a rapid messaging service that is loved by adolescents - in a world without PC email and instant messaging. It has become kiddie fashion. A very finicky consumer group, whose tastes are mercurial. It is my view that I-Mode will see new competitors - with backend software/applications also constructed with browser-based architecture. I look to MSFT and CSCO. NTT's serious mistake lies in their obsession with keeping I-Mode content proprietary. You cannot, for instance, access web sites not part of NTT's program. If NTT were less anal, they would establish the foundations for the post-WAP open standard that is integral with IP architecture. If NTT doesn't, someone else will. Just can't stop my happy feet tonight!