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To: David W. Tucker who wrote (5477)	4/17/1999 3:12:00 PM
From: Ausdauer	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 60323

Tuck, Imagine travelling around the world with a laptop that doesn't have any moving parts except for the keyboard? You mean like my MobilePro 770? The technology is here. Ausdauer

To: David W. Tucker who wrote (5477)	4/17/1999 3:17:00 PM
From: JJB	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 60323

Dave I while back I posted Message 4057495 At the time Lexar had a press release posted that sited U.S. Patent 5,602,987 significant to the dispute. The Lexar link is gone now. jjb

To: David W. Tucker who wrote (5477)	4/18/1999 10:31:00 AM
From: Art Bechhoefer	Respond to of 60323

Dave, thanks for your excellent comments on patent disputes. Your view seems to be in line with what Harari said at the recent telephone conference with analysts. He talked about SanDisk incorporating the control card into the flash memory as crucial to compatibility with a host of products ranging from Sony memory stick applications to music players. The reasoning suggests that the controller card in the flash chip makes the computer or other device "see" it as similar to a disk drive. Maybe that's the key patent here. Art