You’re right.. it’s funny how over the years there’s been a constant problem of people confusing the Information Superhighway with the internet and, conversely, the World Wide Web with the internet. For clarification, I’m of the belief the...
I tried to find Al Gore’s NII white paper from 1994, to no avail. Friendship points to anyone who does. Not surprisingly, it ain’t on his White House web page. Whether Al Gore “invented” or “pushed” the Information Superhighway, it...
As with everything else, Microsoft is still pursuing a strategy to embed all communications into the desktop PC. This will be their undoing. PC-based communications management is errant as a go-to-market strategy, doing ANYTHING on the PC (especially with Windows and...
Ouch! Cisco’s been reeling since this came out yesterday. It’s a brutal slamming of Cisco’s print-your-own-money acquisition strategy. There’s a Silicon Valley saying that if Cisco’s stock ever drops below %20 they’ll be killing...
I find it funny that RealAudio, of all people, was accusing Microsoft of predatory software practises. My dad’s problem is caused by RealAudio taking ownership of files that the installed software can’t even play. In addition, it can and will reassert...
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