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To: TShirtPrinter who wrote (85275)	10/31/2000 5:29:58 PM
From: waverider	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 152472

Tony, that cliff is so damn close I can fell the up breeze. There was a hell of a lot of selling the last couple hours today. It almost looks as if this mutual fund dumping thing has some merit. Glad October is over. I'll be out trick or treating until Thursday night. The last house I am going to is Irwin's. Rick

To: TShirtPrinter who wrote (85275)	10/31/2000 5:31:58 PM
From: carranza2	Respond to of 152472

A very interesting, acute and accurate observation. The original heart and soul CDMA patent calls for CDMA to be ground and satellite-based. It is a subject no doubt dear to Dr. J.'s heart. It will be very difficult for him to abandon G*.

To: TShirtPrinter who wrote (85275)	10/31/2000 5:33:22 PM
From: dan_oz	Respond to of 152472

Agreed Tony. I haven't been following GSTRF as well as I should have, but I just cant see QCOM letting it go BK. I mean, what about Wingcast? Wasn't Globalstar's satellite system going to fill out the network? BTW, wouldn't Ford be an interesting white knight for Gstrf? (maybe I'm just dreaming....) Dan

To: TShirtPrinter who wrote (85275)	11/1/2000 1:50:10 AM
From: Jacob Snyder	Read Replies (4) \| Respond to of 152472

re: Don't forget Globalstar was Dr. Jacobs & buddies brainchild. Too bad they let others take that ball and run with it. I don't think the problem is poor execution or bad management. No, it's worse than that. The problem is simply that this concept (a low-earth-orbit satellite communications network) is an abandoned technology. No matter how good you are (at marketing, management, financing, developing the technology, etc.), you can't sell if there is no market. 2 years ago, when I looked at this market, I thought, "there are going to be 4 or 5 groups spending big bucks on these satellite networks, but the market can only support 1 or 2. Since I'm not smart enough to figure out who the survivors will be, and the losers lose everything, it's a risky area to invest in." Well, I was wrong. The market will support zero.