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Technology Stocks : Qualcomm Incorporated (QCOM) -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Ingenious who wrote (15760)	9/30/1998 10:59:00 AM
From: mmeggs	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 152472

Leland: I don't think anyone is saying Q has an absolute 100% chance of being vindicated should the dispute go to court. As anyone who has any legal background knows, all bets are off when you get into court, especially when a jury is involved. (Anybody remember that football player, what was his name?) What has gotten a little lost in this, IMHO, is that we/I are making a bet on what we THINK will happen and, given known circumstances, what should happen. Maybe W-CDMA doesn't infringe on Q IPR. Or ERICY et al may find a way to circumvent it. Courts may decide against Q. Q may capitulate to pressure. cdma2000 might flop like a dying salmon. Skies may fall. Global depression may render all of this moot. The best one can do is to try to put the pieces of the puzzle together and make decisions based on one's own judgement. Sometimes you're right, sometimes you're wrong. Proponents on this thread have put up some pretty big money betting Q is a great investment, and devoted a lot of time, energy, and money, to researching and supporting that bet. As I have said, Father Time is the teller of all truths. $80 by 10/31. (Hey, where's Maurice?) mmeggs