RE: SNS article
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`Subject: RE: SNS article
`Date: Tue, 17 Jul 200 I 13 :41: 13 -03 00
`From: "Sergio Fogel" <sfogel@elagora.com>
`To: "'Ed Bachner"' <EdSr@RosettaWireless.com>
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`Ed,
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`Thanks for your reply. It is not very conunon to find someone who ' s been to
`Montevideo. I hope you had a chance to visit Punta del Este, the main
`attra ction around this area.
`
`I have managed to record conference calls , audio books and
`
`Regarding audio ,
`news
`into my MP3 player, and listen to them while jogging. Time passes faster
`than just listening to music. I bet this would be a killer app with Wall St
`analysts.
`
`I understand and agree with your focus on mobile workers, that seems to be
`where the money is. Actually, if you could make a simple device, with an
`antenna on one side a nd an IR port on the other that periodically grabs the
`info from the corporate n e t work and then , in just a few seconds ,
`synchronizes a PalmPilot while on the road, it would make a killer app for
`many mobile worker s.
`
`Well, if you need any hel p, please let me know. Also , if you need some
`technical work done , please take into account that we can do very
`sophisticated soft ware development down here , a t ve r y competitive prices. I
`have managed very complex project s for IBM's Haifa Research lab and for
`Oracle , and I am a l ways eager to take on technological challenges . If you ' ve
`been to Montevideo , you probably know that there are very capable engineers
`down here.
`
`Good luck!
`
`Sergio
`
`Sergio Fogel
`Director
`ElAgora.com
`Tel +598 2 7 1 2 3384
`Fax +598 2 712 3386
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`> ---- - Original Message --- --
`> From: Ed Bachner [mailto:EdSr@RosettaWireless . com ]
`> Sent: Martes, 17 de Julio de 2001 01 : 00 p . m .
`> To: Sergio Fogel ElAgora com
`> Subj ect : Re : SNS article
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`>
`> Sergio,
`>
`> Thank you f o r your e-mail .
`I was very pleased to receive it. It
`> reminded me of my pleasant visit to Montevi d eo back in 1993.
`>
`> I visited your web site, with my Spanish-speaking son doing the
`> translation.
`Impressive!
`>
`> Yes, the personal-serv er conc ept is not for everyone, but it c o uld be
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`> particularly helpful to (1) sales persons like food brokers, where the
`> inventory is constantly changing as new items come into the warehouse
`> and peers sell i tems to other customers; and (2) service personnel who
`> need not only schedule information, but manuals and history
`> on the items
`> to be repaired . For these people, the payback is quick and
`> measurable.
`>
`> I agree with you completely on the value of receiving certain radio
`> programs as audio files that you could listen to when you
`> wanted. Also,
`> events like ' conference calls ' that companies have to discuss their
`> stock performance with stock analysts could be pushed to the personal
`> server for later l istening. Even "Books - On-Tape " would be nice, since
`> you could read the words and/or listen to the spoken words.
`>
`> We had discussed these capabilities in the early version of
`> the Business
`> Plan, but took it out since it detracted from our focus on 'mobile
`> workers•.
`>
`> The overall idea is that your office is not a place, but
`> rather, is 'you
`> and your information ' , wherever you are .
`>
`> Mark Anderson suggested we think about 802 . llb, and in fact we had
`> discussed using a dual personality card with a potential investor .
`> thi nk that approach has much potential in the cache application you
`> mentioned.
`>
`>Weare fairly early in the process, as you might have
`> guessed. we filed
`> a patent 1 year ago, and spun off as a separate company 1/2 year ago.
`> This is my second ' start - up.' We ' re at that magic point where you're
`> simultaneously trying to raise money, quote alpha systems, talk with
`I'm sure you have been there.
`> potential partners and remain sane.
`>
`> I would like to continue our discussion .
`>
`> Ed Bachner
`>
`>
`> Sergio Fogel wrote :
`> >
`> > Ed 1
`> >
`>>I hope I am not bothering too much with this email, but
`> after reading your
`>>mail in SNS I could not resist sending this one .
`> >
`>>I like the WIPS concept very much, although it is not
`> necesarily suited for
`>>every application. I used to work for Oracle, which had a
`> nice product
`> > (Oracle Mobile Agents) with a similar concept. The product
`> was probably
`>>discontinued, since Oracle's sales force did not pay any
`> attention to it.
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`>>OMA could also launch a query and la t er ret rieve t he results.
`> >
`>>I think WIPS has other very interesting applications. One
`> application I
`>>would like to see is personalized audio news . I want to get
`> into my · car,
`>>turn on the radio (or whatever device), and listen to *my*
`> news. News do not
`>>change that often, so it is OK if my last piece of news was
`> downloaded 10
`>>minutes ago. And probably 90% of the news items could be
`> shared by some
`>>people around me, driving bandwidth requirements
`> significantly down . If you
`>>can detect the off-peak usage of the wireless networks, bw
`> could be really
`>>cheap. I worked on a business plan for that service, but I
`> never got to
`>>implement it.
`> >
`>>Another related app is cache management. If I am on a
`> shared network like
`>>wireless, I can cache not only t he informa tion des t ined t o
`> me, but also that
`>>destined to my neighbors . I have been working on this idea
`> with Breezecom
`>>for fixed wireless.
`> >
`>>I would be interested in working to make both these ideas
`> come to life, so
`>>if you are iterested, please let me know .
`> >
`>> Thanks,
`> >
`>>Sergio
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