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Technology Stocks : Qualcomm Moderated Thread - please read rules before posting -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Maurice Winn who wrote (67764)	8/16/2007 6:43:51 PM
From: carranza2	Respond to of 197621

It's a perfectly reasonable statement. You're right. With the reasonable expectation of getting licences from Broadcom and Nokia, there isn't much point in spending a fortune trying to come up with alternatives to their patents. Since Broadcon and NOK are intent on destroying Q's business model, it is foolhardy not to start to look for alternatives the minute a patent is challenged.

To: Maurice Winn who wrote (67764)	8/16/2007 10:18:09 PM
From: Ruffian	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 197621

<Why should he know anything about the case? It was a silly little "no downside" case on the periphery of what mattered which was a minor licensing agreement with Broadcom.> Minor?, Little?,Silly?, U need a dictionary, or how about a thesaurus?

To: Maurice Winn who wrote (67764)	8/16/2007 10:45:13 PM
From: Rich Bloem	Respond to of 197621

Maurice, I think you are right that Irwin may have not paid much attention. However, it seems that maybe he is ready to tell the kid to get out of the saddle for a minute and see if he can tame this horse. Once he does, then the kid can get back in the saddle and ride by himself. (yeah, I know the analogy is somewhat corny). However, it is somewhat comforting that he is obviously paying attention now and maybe recognizes that he needs to be more actively involved at the critical juncture.