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To: Jeff Vayda who wrote (29395)	5/7/1999 10:52:00 AM
From: Ramsey Su	Respond to of 152472

Jeff, LWIN is a spin off. There is some continuation and LWIN should assume some of the responsibility to the employees. Otherwise, corp America can just change names every few years and screw all employees out of their options. ERICY must have some compensation package commensurate with the industry. This is the continuation. Logically, it will not be fair if the "sold" employees lost their vesting at QC and will not be given anything at ERICY. Finally, just like international trade, we should all stop using the word fair. There is no such thing. It is simply negotiating the best deal possible. I personally think it is fair that Irwin should give me half his shares because I have been so loyal to QC. Unfortunately, I don't have much to bargain with. Whether the departing employees have enough bargaining power remains to be seen. One thing for sure, lawyers will win. Ramsey

To: Jeff Vayda who wrote (29395)	5/7/1999 10:55:00 AM
From: Michael Allard	Respond to of 152472

Jeff: LWIN, Wireless Knowledge are very different from the Infrastructure sale. In the case of LWIN and WK, QCOM shareholders continue to hold a large stake in the eventual outcomes. With the infrastructure sale, QCOM shareholders have no stake whatsoever. It is ERICY who has a stake in the outcome, and they should be addressing the issue. Again, my comments on this matter intend no dis-respect for the infrastructure employees. I also realize that we have little to no actual information on this issue which makes the forming of opinions difficult. I am sure we will continue to hear the "political" positions on both sides. More important to this forum, however, is whether or not this could have any financial impact on the company. Any comments in this arena?