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To: Mika Kukkanen who wrote (20392)	12/24/1998 8:04:00 AM
From: M. C. Orme	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 152472

Want to thank all of you for the insightful, educational and enjoyable posts. This thread is a lurker's delight! Peace and joy to you, and power to the Q, MCO

To: Mika Kukkanen who wrote (20392)	12/24/1998 3:40:00 PM
From: P2V	Respond to of 152472

To all Q Investors, My first impression of Q Thread "participants" was formed from those who sometimes visited the Ericsson thread. At first, It seemed that their visits were primarily to make somewhat emotional & rather irrational attacks on Ericsson itself, and virtually everything that Ericsson participated in. However, after reading through many of the highly intelligent, detailed, and thoughtful posts on the Q thread itself - I think that I now have a meager understanding of the history of Q's relationship with the "Evil Empire", as well as a scant knowledge of the various technologies involved. And, I must say that, I now respect and admire virtually all of the posters on the Q thread. With regard to the WCDMA debate -I can't help but wonder if those who are behind the "no guard band/ high chip rate" idea have been adversely effected by the serious upper management affliction, known as the "Soap Bubble Effect" . A brief explanation of that "effect"is as follows -- Back in the olden days, I served as a technician on a large main frame computer system. The system contained several thousand multi-layer mother boards, with millions of external "wire wrap" connections. (IE little yellow wires twisted around gold plated pins) We had performed innumerable "deletions & additions" to these little yellow wire connections. The "deletions" consisted of drilling away the "multi layer" circuit board material that surrounded those golden pins. So, eventually, nearly all of the mother boards were riddled with tiny, deep holes. On to the bubbles - Some person, or persons (of obviously superior intelligence) devised a "performance improvement procedure" which consisted of - removing and immersing these mother boards in a solution of dishwasher solution (soap) and water ! We who protested loudly against this project, were branded as non-cooperative trouble makers. The more we protested, the more determined (to proceed with this insanity) our "Upper Management" became; until of course the number of "soap bubble effect" equipment outages got out of hand. Believe it or not, I (unwittingly) became involved in a playground style "soap bubble altercation": over which I nearly lost my job ! And the one "lower level" stalwart who championed the project was rewarded with a middle management position ! Well so much for that, aye ? I do sincerely hope that the principals (who must be involved in behind the scenes negotiations), will be immune to this "effect", and that they will know precisely when, and where to compromise on some useable 3G standard(s), in the very near future. In closing, I sincerely wish the employees of both companies (who really do make things work), as well as their stockholders a happy holiday season and a prosperous new year. Best to all, Mardy.

To: Mika Kukkanen who wrote (20392)	12/29/1998 6:00:00 AM
From: Mika Kukkanen	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 152472

A different slant....all in IMHO and for the hell of it! ;-) Why is there this fuss about excluding American technology from the EU market when Motorola and Lucent both help formulate/promote UMTS? Motorola actively promotes it and Lucent is coming here with WCDMA. It does not seem like there is any anti-US manufacturer activity. Motorola still sell GSM equipment, but they have not been as successful as European companies for other reasons. Is it just Qualcomm and their cdma2000 that has been excluded? Answer...yes. The main US manufacturers are already over here pushing UMTS, so why doesn't Qcom (don't bother to answer)? Of course the same applies to Ericsson or Nokia if they want to roll-out IS-95, it is up to them and so far they have said no. Personally, I don't want competition in technology, because it would restrict my phone service and provide a lack of choice when roaming. With my GSM phone when I go abroad I can choose between (up to) 3 different operators. Imagine that there is competition in technology, the choice would come down to on or none. Sounds great to tout about free competition when it actually restricts it for me, the consumer.