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To: Richard Monahan who wrote (8945)	1/26/2001 5:15:30 PM
From: 49thMIMOMander	Respond to of 34857

I don't think Nokia, nor global operators, nor most of the market, is interested in a regular patent+trade war USA+allies vs the rest of the world. Especially as even PAL-NTSC isn't that important anymore as multi mode televisions,VCRs don't cost more than regular, and most of them are made in Asia anyway. And TVs are a lot more expensive to ship than cellular phones, even basestations. Patents is one thing, a dime a dozen for gloves for six or more fingers, building a global, competitive, open standard based market is another thing, and sometimes they meet. The consumer, or at least the operators, are Kings in a free, open standard, competetive market based on constructive and not destructive variations.. That is, patents are only as good as other's patents within the same jurisdiction if global wars are to be avoided, as well as good as the market built around them, hopefully not of submarine type. And one question is still unanswered, how fast is fast when trying to silence the kids in the backseat?? Ilmarinen. P.S. Was it in 1988 or 1989 that Nokia and QCOM tried to cooperate?? (across the San Diego Street, something must have gone wrong although QCOM many moons later even joined ITU as a regular member)