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

To: benhorseman who wrote (80373)	9/17/2008 8:10:56 AM
From: slacker711	1 Recommendation Respond to of 197253

while also transferring 120 patent families to Qualcomm. Great article. I might be wrong, but I dont think we knew the actual number of patents transferred. Slacker

To: benhorseman who wrote (80373)	9/17/2008 8:10:57 AM
From: BDAZ	1 Recommendation Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 197253

Doesn't exactly spell capitulation does it? It's almost like they read the board yesterday. And how about this? "He also said during discovery, Qualcomm's legal team uncovered some potentially embarrassing information about Nokia's conduct"

To: benhorseman who wrote (80373)	9/17/2008 9:48:07 AM
From: ohohyodafarted	5 Recommendations Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 197253

Sounds to me like they had the goods on NOK and it was about to be exposed to the entire world via live television. NOK caved because as they say, "discretion is the better part of valor" NOK must have figured that they were on the fast track to a loss and that they were going to have a tough time in court bluffing their way through this one. NOK no doubt came away with a deal they could live with, but probably not as good as they might have hoped, if they had won in court. But it sure would have been interesting to see all NOS's dirty laundry exposed to the whole world. I have said it before, Euro's do business in a different way. They are used to subversion and alliances to defeat their competition. This is not the method that QCOM uses, and so we are at a distinct disadvantage against companies that work the way NOK does. Personally I sleep better knowing that the company I have my retirement funds invested in, is honest, has the best product, and is financially solid. I'll take honesty over treachery any day.