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To: Keith Feral who wrote (98635)	5/1/2001 6:13:12 PM
From: Maurice Winn	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 152472

* Say's Law * Keith, I hadn't heard of it [despite being a world-renown economist]. I found a link friesian.com and was pleased to see my idol Thomas Sowell hanging out there. tsowell.com I like to read his columns because in the miasma of slime that suffocates the world with nonsense, FUDD and confusion, he's always clear and sensible. For example jewishworldreview.com Being a proponent of Wacky Wireless, I'm all for cutting the price of something to boost sales [thinking of Globalstar]. I was worried when you called that socialist [since I think I'm not]. But I can imagine that a lot of people warp Say's Law to suit the socialist concept that things should be free and capitalists should pay. Here's GG's comment about Q! royalties and why they should be cut [plus a free rant about it from me]http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=15523893&s=wacky%20wireless Re the big list of what Q! is doing and your comment <I can't think of anymore off the top of my head. > I know some people might disagree, but I'd like to throw in Globalstar for anywhere connection. Actually, SMS is looking like a lethal weapon. Tarken showed me his thumb skills with predictive text. Sending messages is really fast! Until the value of spectrum starts causing problems for GSM, we have got a long way to go. Perhaps SMS will become a free service? Telecom New Zealand is starting their CDMA network soon with NO network effect for SMS. Nobody on the Vodafone GSM network can change to Telecom because they won't be able to message their friends. Unless there is some dramatic saving or benefit, GSM will keep getting market share really quickly. I'm taking SMS seriously until the CDMA world can get something as good going. I don't believe lowering royalties on CDMA will make the slightest difference [5% is already derisory]. Mqurice