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To: Mitchell Jones who wrote (104)	1/28/1998 6:12:00 PM
From: William Sheppard	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 431

Mitch wrote: The real revenue (as far as royalties are concerned) lies in the handset,not the infrastructure. This causes me to question my "barrier to entry" understanding regarding RTOS's. Will Nortel use OS9 for handsets and VxWorks for infrastructure? Why would they do that? In this particular case, the infrastructure doesn't talk any differently to a Nortel handset (phone) than it does a Nokia, Ericsson, or Motorola. So there's no technical linkage between the two. That would leave business or training factors as the only advantage for using the same RTOS on both (already have the development tools, or already have engineers trained on that particular RTOS). If the handsets come from a different facility than the infrastructure, as I suspect they do, then neither of these reasons might apply. It also may well be that one RTOS is better suited for the handset, while the other is better suited for the infrastructure. Indeed, OS-9 is more prevalent in consumer products, while VxWorks is more common in telecom infrastructure. Bill

To: Mitchell Jones who wrote (104)	1/28/1998 10:16:00 PM
From: mac	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 431

"The MWAR release may be old news but the question mains--what does the Nortel/WIND alliance mean to WIND if OS9 has already been selected for Nortel handsets" There's NO obligation for Nortel to use WIND in all their products. I beleive that the corporate agreement means that Tornado is easier and cheaper to use for those inside Nortel. If you didn't choose to work with Tornado and instead picked OS9 or pRISM then you could do that. The approval process may be tougher etc., and you may need to come up with justification etc., but I'm sure that you still could use it. I believe that I am correct in saying that Nortel is already shipping product with VxWorks inside, and has not yet succeeded with OS9 inside. I am not inferring by this that there's anything wrong with OS9, there isn't. It's just that coincidentally or not, the VxWorks product is out and the OS9 one is not. I'm not sure if William feels comfortable addressing this issue or not since he used to work for Microware, but if so, it would be great. mac :)