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Read the ETSI documents available to the public to learn more about it.

PS: This is a really bad time to talk about mobile telephony because this happens.

Well they aren't the only ones. This article hit ZDNet yesterday and it has things like "...the Mitnick trial, which is slated to commence in early 1999" in it.

According to this article on zdnet, Corel corp is "refocusing" not relinquishing their Linux products and plans. In this article Burney is quoted as saying: Corel's Linux team is "segmenting" its product line in a new way so that it will offer tailored file-, Web-, and print-server configurations of its Linux distribution, which is based on Debian Linux

But sources close to the deal said Red Hat Linux will be the Linux distribution that will be pre-loaded on Lawson's servers.

ZDNet has a script they run that puts a stock symbol link after the first reference of large well-known companies. Slashdot is a piece of a piece of a not-as-well-known company, so I suspect the name-to-ticker mapping isn't in their script's database. It appears that VA Linux isn't in there either, because ZDNet stories don't create the VA Linux stock quote link, even when the story is about VA Linux!

As for the lack of a link to the site, even an AOL user will know to try adding .com, which works. Like we need more of the great unwashed around here...

WASHINGTON -- A federal judge found that Microsoft Corp. engaged in "wanton, reckless" and deceptive business practices against a Connecticut software maker, in a harsh ruling reminiscent of the court's finding against Microsoft in the government's antitrust suit.

U.S. District Judge Janet C. Hall in Bridgeport, Conn., ordered Microsoft (Nasdaq: MSFT) to pay punitive damages of $1 million to Bristol Technology Inc., in the highest award ever imposed under the state's fair-trade statute. After a six-week civil trial last year, a federal jury found that Microsoft had violated Connecticut's unfair-trade practices act, but awarded Bristol damages of just $1.

Don't be so quick to jump on the GSM bandwagon. One of the great things about not being "standardized" over here is the competition that non-standardization brings. Look at all the players: AT&T, Sprint, Nextel at the national level and the baby bells and a dozen others at the regional level. What this boils down to is better service and better prices for Joe Consumer, who can get a free phone with his contract for just $29.95/month.

3G networks might take a while to roll out in the States, but when they do they'll be faster (for data) than the GSM networks, which even with GPRS are moving along a slower (read: cheaper) migration path towards 3G. (And some carriers are skipping 3G entirely in favor of 4G, which may be out around 2005/6.)

Here are some pertinent articles:

• WAP in general: http://www.theregister.co.uk/cont ent/1/12372.html
• An European's approach: http://www.smaller.com/article.cfm?id=1 560&
• 3G From an investing perspective: http://www.zdii.com /industry_list.asp?mode=news&doc_id=ZE505062 (print-friendly version)
• Some C|Net articles
  • US running behind: http:// news.cnet.com/news/0-1004-200-2538376.html?tag=st. ne.1002.srchres.ni
  • 3G testing in the US: http:// news.cnet.com/news/0-1004-200-2130459.html?tag=st. ne.1002.srchres.ni
  • 3G is coming: http:// news.cnet.com/news/0-1004-200-2108956.html?tag=st. ne.1002.srchres.ni
  • Groundwork laid for 3G: http://n ews.cnet.com/news/0-1004-200-342851.html?tag=st.ne .1002.srchres.ni

7. Go out of business, but leave a legacy. We know this isn't considered much of an option, but the facts are still grim. Corel doesn't have a lot of cash and competes against Microsoft, Adobe and Red Hat to name a few. Even if Corel gets its act together, it's going to be tough to build its market capitalization. If all fails -- and it might -- go out of business and open the code to all of Corel's software so anyone who wants it can still use it and modify it. There won't be a Corel, but there'll be a legacy.

A while ago I read a story and found this press release. <SARCASM>Suprisingly</SARCASM>, the /. editors declined to post it. Not interesting enough, I guess, but /. is kept in the dark.

Me, I'm not suprised one bit that the merger was called off. I did a search on Daily Yahoo and found this article, too. You'll see that when they negotiated a price, Corel said ``What if it was in stock?'' and Borland said okay, sounds good, but then Corel's stock completely bombed (originally the deal was valued at something like US $1.07 billion and fell down to US $371 million), so Borland (rightly) has doubts. They're getting ripped off and I don't blame them for calling it quits.

Sorry you had to hear about it until after it was too late, but hey, it's slashdot.
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About halfway down in this ZDNet article is an interesting discussion of CDNow's valuation in the face of its recent repricing. http://www.zd ii.com/industry_list.asp?mode=news&doc_id=ZE503657 &pic=Y. Might be applicable. Might not. Interesting analysis nonetheless.

So I'd like to lead the charge for sane investment here - IF THE COMPANY DOESN'T HAVE PROFITS, IT'S NOT WORTH MONEY.

And to prove this point one of the top 10 ecommerce websites that received over 5 million visits in the month of February is not worth the the money in my savings account. Don't take my word for it look at their share price (CDNW) and listen to what financial auditors have said here and here.
A choice quote from an analyst from one of the articles is "I could buy CDNow with what I've got in my wallet right now,'' Sinnreich said. ``The question right now is -- is it worth the expense? Not just the dollar value, but the expense of integrating CDNow into an existing property."
Other dot comms that are now officially on their last legs despite well received IPOs are Dr. Koop(KOOP), the online grocer Peabod(PPOD) as well as Value America (VSUA).
Considering that 3 of the above companies had business plans that involved being loss leaders ("Sell lots of stuff at a loss until no more competition then jack up prices") while the fourth (Dr. Koop) never had a business model, it makes one wonder about the sanity of investors and CEOs alike. It looks like the bottom has begun to drop out of the dot comm industry. Hopefully in a few years this embarrassing era will be viewed for what it truly is...a time of insanity. I wonder if Netpliance as well as other Loss Leaders are paying attention to this fundamental rule of business in effect.

PS:Guess the only thing of value CDNow has left? That's right, their vast database of user information, addresses and buying habits. It's going to be like the collapse of the USSR and all those missing nukes all over again.
PPS: Even with all this news some cretin still plans to buy the domain name cool.com for $38 million.

So I'd like to lead the charge for sane investment here - IF THE COMPANY DOESN'T HAVE PROFITS, IT'S NOT WORTH MONEY.

And to prove this point one of the top 10 ecommerce websites that received over 5 million visits in the month of February is not worth the the money in my savings account. Don't take my word for it look at their share price (CDNW) and listen to what financial auditors have said here and here.
A choice quote from an analyst from one of the articles is "I could buy CDNow with what I've got in my wallet right now,'' Sinnreich said. ``The question right now is -- is it worth the expense? Not just the dollar value, but the expense of integrating CDNow into an existing property."
Other dot comms that are now officially on their last legs despite well received IPOs are Dr. Koop(KOOP), the online grocer Peabod(PPOD) as well as Value America (VSUA).
Considering that 3 of the above companies had business plans that involved being loss leaders ("Sell lots of stuff at a loss until no more competition then jack up prices") while the fourth (Dr. Koop) never had a business model, it makes one wonder about the sanity of investors and CEOs alike. It looks like the bottom has begun to drop out of the dot comm industry. Hopefully in a few years this embarrassing era will be viewed for what it truly is...a time of insanity. I wonder if Netpliance as well as other Loss Leaders are paying attention to this fundamental rule of business in effect.

PS:Guess the only thing of value CDNow has left? That's right, their vast database of user information, addresses and buying habits. It's going to be like the collapse of the USSR and all those missing nukes all over again.
PPS: Even with all this news some cretin still plans to buy the domain name cool.com for $38 million.

So I'd like to lead the charge for sane investment here - IF THE COMPANY DOESN'T HAVE PROFITS, IT'S NOT WORTH MONEY.

And to prove this point one of the top 10 ecommerce websites that received over 5 million visits in the month of February is not worth the the money in my savings account. Don't take my word for it look at their share price (CDNW) and listen to what financial auditors have said here and here.
A choice quote from an analyst from one of the articles is "I could buy CDNow with what I've got in my wallet right now,'' Sinnreich said. ``The question right now is -- is it worth the expense? Not just the dollar value, but the expense of integrating CDNow into an existing property."
Other dot comms that are now officially on their last legs despite well received IPOs are Dr. Koop(KOOP), the online grocer Peabod(PPOD) as well as Value America (VSUA).
Considering that 3 of the above companies had business plans that involved being loss leaders ("Sell lots of stuff at a loss until no more competition then jack up prices") while the fourth (Dr. Koop) never had a business model, it makes one wonder about the sanity of investors and CEOs alike. It looks like the bottom has begun to drop out of the dot comm industry. Hopefully in a few years this embarrassing era will be viewed for what it truly is...a time of insanity. I wonder if Netpliance as well as other Loss Leaders are paying attention to this fundamental rule of business in effect.

PS:Guess the only thing of value CDNow has left? That's right, their vast database of user information, addresses and buying habits. It's going to be like the collapse of the USSR and all those missing nukes all over again.
PPS: Even with all this news some cretin still plans to buy the domain name cool.com for $38 million.

Hey, totally off-topic, but did anybody notice VA Linux purchased Andover.net yesterday? Slashdot is now a subsidiary of VA Linux. Interesting.

Howzabout that? Linus gets quoted on the upcoming devalutation of software the same afternoon that Ballmer admits that Microsoft stock is overpriced. Market tumbles.