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To: limtex who wrote (13544)	8/11/1998 12:59:00 AM
From: Maurice Winn	Read Replies (4) \| Respond to of 152472

But what if the courts agree with L M Ericsson that Mighty Q's royalty demands are excessive, monopolistic, damaging to the whole wireless industry, consumers and competition, restricting economic development and should be regulated or some reduced royalty rate compulsorily arbitrated using the Anti Trust Anti Monopoly Sherman laws with Janet Reno backing them up with the EU in full agreement legislating that L M Ericsson's vapourwear 3G-W-CDMA-VW-SETI standard become the norm. Then it isn't theft in the conventional sense of the word, though I would feel robbed. They can get away with it in broad daylight. Look at the mob baying after $ill Gates. There might be votes in it! There sure would be in Europe. Envy is a very votable emotion to tap into. Meanwhile, the Sprint deal sounds like an avalanche of cdmaOne! Roll on 23,141,592 cdmaOne subscribers by year end [I still haven't reconnected my QCP820 in analog]. With profits to The Q! to match. Mqurice