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some of that ol' political whining
Oct. 7th, 2003 10:31 amSince I've not bothered poking my nose into other peoples' politics for the last while, here's some fodder for the anonymous posters: Iraq goes GSM - I'm surprised at this. I thought the CDMA infrastructure was already a done deal. Props to the US for choosing "fits in with local networks" over "uses American technology & companies".
Of course, I can't just let something like that lie... talking to a friend about Formula 1 sponsorship, she brought up the fact that while most teams are fighting to retain tobacco sponsorship, BMW/Williams are proudly displaying Niquitin logos on their cars. I said that may well be the case, but it did make me wonder where the backing comes from, ultimately. Niquitin is a GSK product, but I'm not familiar enough with multinational associations to know who backs, partners or otherwise feeds GSK, but it occurs to me that there's a fairly distinctive segment of the multinational world already dedicated to sourcing nicotine, so I'm curious as to whether companies like Phillip Morris or R J Reynolds are ultimately playing both sides of the game - smoking and anti-smoking.
Now apply that sort of paranoid "reasoning" to the companies granted the Iraqi GSM deal.
Of course, I can't just let something like that lie... talking to a friend about Formula 1 sponsorship, she brought up the fact that while most teams are fighting to retain tobacco sponsorship, BMW/Williams are proudly displaying Niquitin logos on their cars. I said that may well be the case, but it did make me wonder where the backing comes from, ultimately. Niquitin is a GSK product, but I'm not familiar enough with multinational associations to know who backs, partners or otherwise feeds GSK, but it occurs to me that there's a fairly distinctive segment of the multinational world already dedicated to sourcing nicotine, so I'm curious as to whether companies like Phillip Morris or R J Reynolds are ultimately playing both sides of the game - smoking and anti-smoking.
Now apply that sort of paranoid "reasoning" to the companies granted the Iraqi GSM deal.
