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To: Maurice Winn who wrote (2942)	5/22/2001 4:41:46 PM
From: Maurice Winn	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 12235

* D'ohCoMo goes nuts * WARNING: this post may only be read in California - copyright Mqurice. Click away now if you are not in California. If you ignore this warning, you are liable for all damages. D'ohCoMo is diving right into the slimey, writhing world of the hagfish. <To:Craig Schilling who started this subject From: Dennis Roth Tuesday, May 22, 2001 12:28 PM Respond to of 99699 President of DoCoMo Europe elected to GSM Association's executive board library.northernlight.com. "We are delighted to welcome Mr Nakamura," said Scott Fox, Chairman of the GSM Association. "His breadth of wireless experience and industry expertise will be invaluable to the Executive Board and to the GSM Association in the continued global development of the GSM family, especially in the area of 3GSM/ W-CDMA ." "I look forward to assisting the GSM Association's Executive Board in driving and shaping the future direction of the global wireless industry," said Mr Nakamura, President of DoCoMo Europe S.A. "This is a particularly exciting period in the development and deployment of 3GSM/W-CDMA technologies, and I am honoured to play a part in helping the Association to create and deliver seamless, global wireless services for customers everywhere." No real surprise in this even though DoCoMo doesn't have a GSM network. Eventually the GSMA will shorten the term 3GSM/ W-CDMA to 3GSM once they get it accepted by the media. ...> VapourWear is still vaporware whether it's called W-CDMA, 3GSM, ETSI-SETI, UMTS or any other acronym. The real name remains VW40. The GSM Guild is naked and King Ericy in the form of Lars Ramqvist remains covered in slime. By joining the naughty boys, like Pinnochio went to Pleasure Island instead of going to school, D'ohCoMo will grow a long nose. Well, they already had one - launching commercial VW40 this May...haahahahaahhhaah. I guess Vodafone and others who spent untold billions on the lie of VW40 and the impossible upgrade path to it can sue anyone in the GSM Guild for fraud, misrepresentation and general scuminess. Mqurice

To: Maurice Winn who wrote (2942)	5/23/2001 3:36:45 PM
From: Drew Williams	Respond to of 12235

<<Meanwhile, Drews' comments were an example of 'restrained opinion'.>> Mq, as always I agree with you. I was too "restrained." My eleven-teen year old daughter often thinks I should be forcibly restrained, while my wife and I, meditating on the joys of parenthood, generally think exactly the same thing of her. More seriously, my point was that as a consumer, the two companies' different attitudes were instructive. As a consumer, I expect the companies I deal with to accept responsibility for their actions and products. Sony appeared to do that and Nokia appeared to not do that. Equally interesting in the same way is the ongoing mess with Firestone and Ford over responsibility for the Explorer crashes. Everything I read indicates to me that both companies share substantial blame and are both attempting to shift primary responsibility to the other. The difference is that Ford appears to be more willing to spend money (especially if some of that money is Firestone's.) I have always been extremely uncomfortable (fine on the straight and narrow, very nervous on the curves) when riding (never driving) in my friends' SUV's, including Ford Explorers and Jeep Grand Cherokee's. I doubt other brands would be significantly different. Compared to conventional automobiles, SUV's are topheavy and tend to roll around. The suspensions were originally designed for heavy duty pickup trucks and have had to be greatly softened for the comfort of the soccer moms and dads (like me) who use these the way I use my station wagon and other neighbors use their vans. If I remember correctly, Firestone designed these tires to operate properly at 35 pounds pressure, but Ford cut the recommended pressure to 25 pounds to keep the Explorer from rolling over. (I have not looked this up, so I might be off by a pound or two.) I am shocked! Shocked that tires that are underinflated by 10 pounds would fail! Not being an automotive engineer, I could be wrong about this. (As Richard Feyman wrote, "In this age of specialization, men who thoroughly know one field are often incompetent to discuss another." p 245, The Pleasure of Finding Things Out, amazon.com )