I heard on CNBC a comment on how the Republican primary sight was connected via CDMA technology in a very short period of time, and that it was good proof thaat the technology had "come of age." Not that we didn't know it already, but it was nice to have the reinforcement.
I include the following as an article of general QCOM interest, taken from www.software.com:
QUALCOMM AND SOFTWARE.COM ANNOUNCE
LONG TERM PARTNERSHIP TO DELIVER
INTEGRATED INTERNET/INTRANET MESSAGING SYSTEMS
Developers of Eudora and Post.Office Give Email
Customers Reliable, Scalable Functionality to Replace
Outdated Proprietary Email Systems
SAN DIEGO, Calif. (August 12, 1996) - QUALCOMM
Incorporated (NASDAQ:QCOM), a leading developer of
advanced digital communications and Internet and intranet
electronic messaging solutions, and Software.com Inc., the leading
provider of Internet/intranet standards-based messaging servers,
today announced an extensive partnership and technology
licensing agreement to deliver comprehensive client/server
solutions for electronic messaging via the Internet and intranets.
This agreement will provide users with the highest-possible level of
electronic messaging and performance available today as
customers migrate from proprietary mail systems to Internet
standards-based messaging.
Under the terms of the agreement, QUALCOMM's Eudora
Division will license Software.com's Post.OfficeT server
technology for use in their Eudora messaging product line. In
addition, the companies will share product development and
marketing experience to provide the Internet and intranet
messaging market with the most advanced client and server
messaging technology available. The Eudora division recently
announced intentions to enter the electronic messaging server
market - with products for Windows NT and multiple UNIX
platforms. These server products will be based on Software.com's
Post.Office server technology and will be highly integrated with
the company's Eudora software, currently the world's most
popular Internet email application with over 10 million users.
The first products resulting from the partnership with
Software.com will be marketed by the Eudora Division of
QUALCOMM under the Eudora brand as part of its client/server
software family and are expected to begin shipping during Q4,
1996. Specific product features, pricing and availability will be
announced at a later date.
"The old model of proprietary email is beginning to show many
significant weaknesses throughout the marketplace, such as
LAN-based, proprietary gateways that frequently corrupt mail,
prevent attachments from being transferred, and significantly slow
email delivery. Most vendors attempting to capitalize on the
intranet movement don't have the vast expertise QUALCOMM
and Software.com have," said Craig Brenner, Director of
Worldwide Marketing, Eudora Division of QUALCOMM. "This
is a breakthrough agreement that leverages our two companies'
combined wealth of experience developing Internet messaging
software and communications infrastructure. No other vendor can
promise the kind of robust Internet/intranet messaging and
communications solutions that QUALCOMM and Software.com
will deliver."
"Software.com's commitment to developing commercial-grade
Internet-based messaging products makes this agreement with
QUALCOMM's Eudora Division a strong industry match-up that
will ultimately benefit organizations - from workgroups to
enterprises - who are looking to make a successful transition
from proprietary to Internet-based mail systems," said Valdur
Koha, President and COO of Software.com. "This is the first time
that such strong Internet messaging expertise has been combined.
We expect that the result of this partnership will be market-leading
products the likes of which no other vendor can deliver."
"This partnership between the two leading Internet email software
vendors represents a big step forward for open standards
messaging," according to Mark Levitt, Electronic Messaging
Analyst at International Data Corporation. "Users will benefit from
having a single source for a complete client/server Internet-style
messaging solution that can meet the needs of organizations of any
size."
With over 10 million users worldwide, QUALCOMM's Eudora
software is the industry's most popular Internet email solution. A
study by International Data Corporation concluded that
QUALCOMM with its Eudora Pro software is the dominant
leader in the worldwide Internet email software market, with 63.5
percent of installed mailboxes and 70.9 percent share of all new
Internet mailboxes, as of December 1995. A survey of Internet
users conducted by Matrix Information Directory Services
(MIDS) of Austin, Texas, a leading authority on the Internet and
its growth, concluded that over 60 percent of educational
institutions and over 50 percent of organizations on the Internet
use Eudora software for communication.
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