To: Voltaire who wrote (9144 ) 10/21/2000 10:25:56 AM From: im a survivor Respond to of 65232 Real quick here......I appreciate all of the discussion all of a sudden on RMBS/INTC and etc..... This is exactly what I tried to get started on Thursday....some discussion and opinions on this whole deal. I'm sorry it caused our little minor war yesterday to get some discussion going, but glad we have some news, and folks discussing the pro's and con's. On Thursday when the news hit and rmbs was up $11, I really expected a zillion posts from people discussing this next round of FUD. But zilch...nobody said anything.......it was so quiet, you would have thought the naz went down 1000 points. So anyway, glad to hear some discussion going on...sorry about the way it came about though.......I will try my best to watch how I go about saying things and try not to ruffle too many feathers in the future. By the way.....did anybody ( and if you dont wish to respond, you dont have to <ggg>......you, meaning anybody that reads this...respond if you wish, dont if you dont want too....not looking for a high % response rate, tim<ggg>....just pickin at ya.....) See the Report about Nokia being close to a deal with Verizon.In fact, supposedly, Nokia has alreadt shippied like a million units of their cdma crap, and news of a huge deal is rumored. From what I read, it said even though qcom makes a tad on the cdma royalty, they will lose huge $$'s and market share to Nokia. Nokia has failed so far to do a good cdma product, but it must be any day now.....wonder how this will effect qcom. Again, more FUD....half the ANALysts have been saying qcom is gonna make zillions now that china has comitted and the future looks more clear and the other half are saying with Nokia on the verge, they are gonna hurt qcoms revenue by 20-40% right off the bat, and then it's a war for market share in which they say nokia has the clear edge. Just saw that news this morning...if anybody would like to share their thoughts on this, that would be great. keith@hopefully outta here til tomorrow.com