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To: qdog who wrote (7868)	2/2/1998 1:32:00 PM
From: Clarksterh	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 152472

qdog - In the early article that you posted the ETSI deal is protecting at fair price, IPR's. It's much do to about nothing. I disagree on that, it is mandating price controls. The market is a better mechanism for that. Think of it this way, Qualcomm would be selling their product to a conglomerate instead of just one company, assuming that they get a reasonable price. What's so anti-competitive about that? As for setting standards, your favorite company and mine, MSFT, is a big hater of standards. They always do everything they can to squash standards precisely because standards open them up to too much competition. Standards are not always a bad thing. Clark