From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: ** X-Spam-Status: No, score=2.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_50,INVALID_MSGID, REPLYTO_WITHOUT_TO_CC autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 100597,81c1727a2e1831e1 X-Google-Attributes: gid100597,public X-Google-Thread: 1145b7,81c1727a2e1831e1 X-Google-Attributes: gid1145b7,public X-Google-Thread: 103376,81c1727a2e1831e1 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-Thread: 105753,81c1727a2e1831e1 X-Google-Attributes: gid105753,public From: Marin Condic Subject: Re: Idea for computer program. cellular related. Date: 1999/11/10 Message-ID: <3829C5C1.32577CFB@pwfl.com>#1/1 X-Deja-AN: 547016371 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: condicma@bogon.pwfl.com References: <801mhf$mml$1@nnrp1.deja.com> <3827008E.BF08C467@pwfl.com> <80a93b$lvg$1@nnrp1.deja.com> X-Accept-Language: en Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Organization: Pratt & Whitney Mime-Version: 1.0 Reply-To: condicma@pwflcom Newsgroups: comp.sys.cbm,comp.lang.ada,alt.certification.mcse,comp.games.development.programming.misc Date: 1999-11-10T00:00:00+00:00 List-Id: dolphinride@my-deja.com wrote: > Based on how many man hours this program would take to write and the > current pricing plans of local cellular providers, I think the idea is > viable. > The beauty of the American Free Enterprise system is that you are allowed to think this and invest your time and money into it. I wish you well. In my opinion it has too many technical, economic and strategic flaws to have any long term commercial viability or even short run profitability. The hard part is that the only way to know for sure who is right and who is wrong is for you to invest the time and money and demonstrate that it is successful. :-) An area that may be more profitable to consider would be some sort of add-on service for cell phones that make them more valuable to have/use. That way, ATT, Sprint, et alia, will be interested in working for you and promoting your service. Think up some web based, dial up, conspicuously consumptive, yuppy scum thingamajig that gets them to spend more minutes on the cell phone and the other guys will sell it for you. (If it looks like it could be programmed in Ada, bring it back here & maybe I'll bite! ;-) MDC -- Marin David Condic If you hurry you can, for a short time only, still find me at: Real Time & Embedded Systems, Propulsion Systems Analysis United Technologies, Pratt & Whitney, Large Military Engines M/S 731-95, P.O.B. 109600, West Palm Beach, FL, 33410-9600 ***To reply, remove "bogon" from the domain name.*** Visit my web page at: http://www.mcondic.com/