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To: tero kuittinen who wrote (1138)	11/5/1998 3:24:00 PM
From: gdichaz	Respond to of 34857

To Tero: As of now, no one rpt no one knows the scope and reach of the Microsoft / Qualcomm joint venture. This debate will have a better factual basis after next Tuesday's announcement and then experience following. You may be right that an open standard will be the eventual choice - but what will that be? The current Symbian approach as it is now, or a broader and/or converged approach? Maybe Symbian may be modified and evolve, maybe not. Same for MSFT/QCOM. We live in interesting times. Fun is this may well develop faster than the 3rd gen decision process. Two games to watch, no? Chaz

To: tero kuittinen who wrote (1138)	11/5/1998 3:30:00 PM
From: DaveMG	Respond to of 34857

What I'm suggesting is really not so complicated. WINTEL would continue doing what it already does but instead of a wireline modem you would have a Q,or for that manner VLSI, LU, CDMA modem built into your laptop. Is it really such a big step for these guys to start building fancy telephones? I never hear DELL complaining about paying MSFT. MSFT has enabled the standarization you love. Also, Symbian is an alliance of competing manufacturers. Couldn't this also pose problems? I sense we're headed towards the WCDMA/CDMA2000 debate. It's conceivable that this MSFT alliance might give Q a bit more leverage than it had before. Of course we're all speculating since we don't really know what the scope of the arrangement is. Dave