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To: shades who wrote (59269)	4/24/2006 12:42:21 AM
From: Maurice Winn	Respond to of 110194

<That is one solution - that doesn't stop thier theft though eh?> True Shades, but QCOM agreed to such low royalties in China [2.6% or so] that if they do steal it, it's no biggie. Meanwhile, China agreed to export royalties of 7%, which is heaps. China can't force exports and steal those royalties. I always thought it a good idea for MSFT to allow theft of their software by the indigent as that increases the market share and ensured their dominance. Those who can pay prefer to do so. Similarly with the IBM clone, that ensured dominance of the Wintel crowd over the proprietary and smug Apple. Mqurice