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[Eric L] Nostalgia ... Maurice, << [3/13/2012] 16 years after this stream bubbled out ...

Eric L — 2/24/2013 11:51:16 AM

Nostalgia ... Maurice, << [3/13/2012] 16 years after this stream bubbled out of the ground to join the mighty river of Cyberspace >> Today we are closing on 17 years from the date this board (the 1st QUALCOMM discussion board in cyberspace) was founded. I stumbled across it when doing a Lycos or AltaVista search on...

[Maurice Winn] That's always my aim. So far, so good, a few glitches like Globalstar notwiths...

Maurice Winn — 3/14/2012 5:45:54 AM

That's always my aim. So far, so good, a few glitches like Globalstar notwithstanding. Even that involved a lot of solid groundwork, and spacework, to get the next iteration ready to succeed where the first failed. Mqurice

[badger3] sounds like you are taking some profits from your Q investment and trying to mak...

badger3 — 3/13/2012 7:55:29 PM

sounds like you are taking some profits from your Q investment and trying to make this a better world to live in. I think IJ & team would approve.

[Maurice Winn] 16 years after this stream bubbled out of the ground to join the mighty river of...

Maurice Winn — 3/13/2012 12:41:55 PM

16 years after this stream bubbled out of the ground to join the mighty river of Cyberspace and 18 years after first buying QCOM in 1994 [having missed the IPO in 1991 in the pre-Cyberspace era] and 21 years after first going to visit Qualcomm in August 1991, and 23 years after first thinking that Fourier transforms c...

[Maurice Winn] Specifically on China [and Asia] < Editor's Note: In a recent SEC filing, Qual...

Maurice Winn — 1/19/2012 2:45:04 PM

Specifically on China [and Asia] < Editor's Note: In a recent SEC filing, Qualcomm revealed that of its total fiscal year 2011 revenues, Mainland China comprised 32%, South Korea 19%, Taiwan 17%, and Japan 8%. > China is obviously the biggest CDMA market. So yes Mq, you were right to think China would become the ...

[Maurice Winn] Nearly 15 years later:
Maurice Winn — 1/9/2012 5:01:39 PM
Nearly 15 years later:

[Art Bechhoefer] Now, if the Chinese would just allow their currency to float against the dollar,...

Art Bechhoefer — 9/12/2011 3:17:12 PM
Now, if the Chinese would just allow their currency to float against the dollar, that 29% of Qualcomm sales figure would be about 10% larger (in sales after currency exchange translation). Art

[Maurice Winn] Mq, you asked back in 1996 in the introduction, "Will China be the biggest marke...

Maurice Winn — 9/12/2011 2:46:19 PM
Mq, you asked back in 1996 in the introduction, "Will China be the biggest market for CDMA?" It has taken a decade and a half, but finally, the answer is yes, if we measure it by Qualcomm revenue: