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To: Maurice Winn who wrote (26032)	4/4/1999 5:44:00 PM
From: Eric L	Respond to of 152472

Mqurice, << Anyone else got ideas about why Eudora should be so very interesting? >> Ideas only (thinking out loud): * First forget about (or at least expand thinking about) the desktop / laptop client (Outlook Express, Outlook 98/2000, Agent, Eudora Light & Eudora Pro, et al.) and jump to the corporate server or a corporate wide email system * Lotus cc:mail dead and replaced with ??? Notes & Domino * MS Exchange a bag of worms * The LAN & WAN increasingly wireless * The mobile as an Internet access device with email an extremely important app for the wired (wireless) road warrior * New display technology for mobiles (Kopin et al) * Microbrowsers in play. * SMIME & Digital Certificates & PKI in play * Authentication & Encryption a necessity & Public Keys as well as Private Keys in play * Expansion of the role of the smart card with cryptographic coprocessor (SIM, UIM, multiplication EMV) in wireless mobile telephony ("Qualcomm Inside") with the capability to store keys and certs for digital signing of email on a portable token (may I borrow your mobile please? My batteries just died.) * The whole VPN thing Sorry I have no conclusions, just loose ideas, but QCOMM has some great strategic thinkers and there ought to be a way to commercialize Eudora (generally considered to be one of the best email clients) beyond its current commercialization and put BIG BUCKS on bottom line . You ask an interesting question and I for one will think more about it. - Eric -

To: Maurice Winn who wrote (26032)	4/4/1999 5:56:00 PM
From: Mr. Sunshine	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 152472

<Anyone else got ideas about why Eudora should be so very interesting?> There was no mention of Eudora during the annual meeting, unless I missed it. They also did not have a table or display like many of the other ventures did. I was wondering if they were just going to sell it off as not part of their core business or let it wither away. It is interesting that Irwin is talking about it again. P.S. Out of curiosity, I just skimmed the annual report again. My memory was correct (for once) and the only mention of Eudora I found is in a figure/display showing various parts of QCOM. I could find absolutely no mention of Eudora in the text or financials, although just about everything else was talked about. Curious! Does anyone know anything else about Eudora's future? Does it contribute or subtract from the bottom line? Congratulations to all the "Old-Timers", and welcome to the newbies. Steve