Brent Eades wrote:
>
> On 18 Nov 98, Gill, Kathy wrote:
>
> > Huh? Qualcomm sold Eudora to MSFT?
> >
> > This is a joke, right?
>
> Um... yes, I guess. Or at least Qualcomm certainly hasn't sold Eudora to
> anyone. The company has, however, crawled into bed with Microsoft on
> an unrelated venture, "WirelessKnowledge LLC". This is a joint undertaking
> between the two companies to develop products related to "Internet and
> corporate network access over a range of wireless devices including
> handhelds, desktops, notebooks , smart phones, pagers, smart TVs, and
> Web kiosks."
>
> - ZDNet, http://www.zdnet.com/devhead/stories/articles/0,4413,2164208,00.html
>
> So I suppose they've "sold out" to Microsoft, by many people's criteria.
> However, this announcement was only made last week, so I can't imagine
> it's had much impact on the quality of their current product line yet,
> somehow.
>
The joint venture is a separate company. Qualcomm will continue to
have their current product lines.
--
John Stewart
SUPSHIP San Diego
Information Systems Security Mgr
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