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...secrets and lies set in Liverpool and the Crimea in the 1840s and '50s. The story is told in alternating chapters by three characters: Myrtle, an orphan, in love with George, a doctor and amateur photographer; Pompey Jones, George's ambitious photo assistant and sometime lover; and Dr. Potter, an eccentric geologist. Each in the grip of a private obsession, the three follow George to the Crimean War--the first conflict to be covered by photographers--and all three witness scenes of horror that no camera could ever capture...
...mother. The trick, I found, is to add more pepper, coriander and other spices and not to overcook fresh greens. I'm still looking for a good recipe for brussels sprouts, but one cookbook that constantly has me salivating is Moosewood Restaurant Low-Fat Favorites, published by Clarkson Potter...
Seized upon as a David-vs.-Goliath tale by Britain's press, Potter's duel with Gates may well have a surprise ending. A South African-born physicist with a flair for brilliant chess moves, Potter last month finished stitching together an ingenious alliance with three of the world's telecommunications heavyweights: Sweden's Ericsson, Finland's Nokia and Motorola of the U.S. The three firms account for 70% of global sales of mobile telephones and have the kind of financial muscle to make even Bill Gates sit up and take notice...
With his business under threat from Microsoft, Potter has cleverly realized that the mobile-phone companies would be as nervous about Bill Gates as he was. The history of the PC business showed that hardware companies were caught up in a cycle of steadily declining prices, while Microsoft and chipmaker Intel captured the lion's share of the profits. "I think there is a great deal of concern in many industries that the added value in their industries doesn't get taken away by Microsoft," Potter says...
...That led Potter to approach Nokia, Ericsson and later Motorola--which has agreed in principle to join Symbian--with an offer to use Psion's operating system EPOC as the basis for smart phones. He offered a remarkable deal, taking only 31% of Symbian and selling the remainder to the three phone giants for $50 million. "Companies like Nokia and Ericsson are concerned about ending up like the manufacturers of personal computers, becoming box shifters for Microsoft," says Martin Butler, a British computer consultant. "Potter could become the Bill Gates of the portable-device marketplace. It's there waiting...