To: mightylakers who wrote (8150 ) 11/13/2000 6:00:16 PM From: Puck Read Replies (3) | Respond to I love the Lakers. I created the "Nokia and Wireless" thread to have a sanctuary where discussion focused on Nokia could occur. The Nokia vs. Qualcomm arguments, however significant or insignificant they may be, have been dissected and re-hashed to death on this thread with no end in sight. Indeed, the enthusiasm the Qualcomm regulars have for their company and their deep-seated dislike for Nokia have me believing that this strain of postings may well continue ad infinitum. That's fine. It can occur here, but I've created another thread where such redundant conversation is not welcome. Indeed, in communications I've had with other regulars on this thread, I came to learn that I was not the only one frustrated with this Qualcomm vs. Nokia debate, and that it was inhibiting others from being interested in sharing their thoughts for fear of being drowned in the sometimes prolific volume of postings about this topic. I have mixed feelings about the "Nokia and Wireless" thread because I don't particularly like the idea of dividing the Nokia conversation, or dialectic, between multiple threads; but enough people have communicated to me support for it that I think its existence is useful and worth having. As a Nokia shareholder (and a Qualcomm shareholder), I must admit to being quite perplexed by this controversy. Qualcomm will get its fair royalties from Nokia for the sale of 3G equipment and handsets, just as they will from everyone else, and Nokia will be one of their best distributors. Since Qualcomm will receive royalties for every base station sold, whether it be CDMA2000 or WCDMA, I really think there is no point in this argument even existing at all. From my perspective as a Nokia shareholder, Nokia's relationship with Qualcomm is almost a trivial detail. Certainly Nokia's failed patent challenge to Qualcomm in Europe was presaged by a similar failure in Japan a couple months ago. I sincerely doubt anyone in their right mind was expecting a positive outcome for Nokia. As Tero says, it was just a fishing expedition. Nokia just cast out its nets without expecting anything in return but knowing that one never knows what might turn up. I have chosen to ban SI members from the "Nokia and Wireless" thread who I associate with this Nokia vs. Qualcomm argument because I'm tired of it and don't want to hear it anymore--at least when I don't want to. That is my sole criteria, which has nothing to do with what I think of you as a person or how nice or rude you may have been to me. MightyLakers and others have been quite congenial to me and I acknowledge so. Those who want to perpetuate this particular debate have all the freedom in the world to do so on this thread but I am forcibly supressing it on mine by vanquishing those who are its foremost proponents.
