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To: David E. Taylor who wrote (117950)	5/2/2002 2:31:40 PM
From: Dexter Lives On	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 152472

about 4.5% royalties on CDMA handsets David - That's the problem; when Microsoft and the gang start flooding the market with clone handsets (see early pc industry), that %age would be greater than the overall profit margins. So, if all of these big computing/networking companies want to succeed in building out the wireless web, they need to bypass cdma. Qualcomm has ensured that this will happen... Yeah, I know that the current players will go down kicking and screaming, but in the end, all they can do is... ...send in the clones! -g Cheers. Rob PS time to kick back with a cadillac margarita - ciao!