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To: Maurice Winn who wrote (56794)	12/2/2004 7:11:57 PM
From: Snowshoe	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 74559

>>QUALCOMM licensed all comers to develop and sell the technology<< Yes, but Qualcomm controls the market for CDMA technology. Otherwise it wouldn't be getting the royalties. Controlling the market is via technology, brand name, resource ownership etc is great if you can do it. Not sure I agree with Elmat's statement though. There are lots of other bio-fuel energy sources out there. Speaking of Apple, I just spent an hour pulling a hard drive out of a friend's old IMac so I could destroy. What a goofy design. Could have done it in 5 minutes with a PC.

To: Maurice Winn who wrote (56794)	12/3/2004 1:22:58 AM
From: energyplay	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 74559

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To: Maurice Winn who wrote (56794)	12/3/2004 1:52:04 PM
From: carranza2	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 74559

QUALCOMM left a LOT of money on the table. Instead of 5% royalty, they should have charged about 30% royalty. But 5% is an enormous, astronomical amount, considering the hundreds of billions involved. Any more and the political pressure on Q would have been unbearable. Plus, WCDMA, on which Q's megabucks will be made, would not ever have gotten off the ground. The Hagfish would have developed EDGE until it was satisfactory. Plus, Q is hated for the notion that it was porcine. theregister.co.uk Can you imagine the effort that would have taken place to get around Q's patents if the asking rate was 30%? No, IMJ played it just right.