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To: marginmike who wrote (14464)	9/2/1998 1:56:00 PM
From: J.B.C.	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 152472

I like the the beginning where tero states that he's the only unbiased CDMA observer on SI. He hasn't lost his sense of humor. Jim

To: marginmike who wrote (14464)	9/2/1998 3:39:00 PM
From: Gregg Powers	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 152472

On Tero: Tero seems to be a little, shall we say, "convenient" with his facts and also seems to be confusing network protocols, i.e. GSM MAP, with the air interface. CDMA's greatest claim to fame is not voice quality but CAPACITY. It is CDMA's spectral efficiency that makes it a "must have" for 3G and that is why the Europeans are being forced to abandon their beloved but obsolete TDMA-based air interface. Qualcomm is stepping on some toes because it will not allow the Europeans to walk off with its technology simply because this would be the "preferable outcome" for Ericsson. As I have said over and over and over (so many times that I am sick of it), if QC's IPR were not essential to W-CDMA, there wouldn't be any controversy. ETSI wouldn't care about Qualcomm's licensing position and the Europeans would simply go and deploy W-CDMA without QC's blessing. This is just SO obvious that you just about have to be deaf, dumb and blind (not to mention stupid) not to get it. Qualcomm didn't pick this fight; Qualcomm is not the bad guy. ERICY and the rest of the statists could have funneled R&D in CDMA (instead of TDMA-based GSM) and built a W-CDMA interface while Quality Communications Incorporated was still a glimmer in Dr. Jacobs eye. They didn't. IBM should have bought Microsoft from Bill Gates in 1982; Xerox should have owned the desktop publishing industry; General Motors should not have destroyed its preeminent auto franchise by building crappy, boring cars. Bad business decisions create bad consequences. Still, it boils my ass to listen to ERICY's revisionist bullcrap as spun by Tero. If ERICY wants to use QC's IPR, buy a damn license just like everybody else. Put-up or shut-up. Finally, one of Tero's key points is REALLY surreal. He argues that QC's market capitalization is too small for it to be holding up the wants and desires of the ENTIRE EUROPEAN community. Duh. Isn't that what I have been worrying about? Best regards, Gregg