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Tuesday, July 22, 2003 |
Cisco and Intel: the alliance the wireless world should fear. WiFi Alliance rival [The Register]
Two great tastes that taste great together Cisco and Intel. Now they will have to say Wintelsco to describe the combinatorial strength of these monopoly providers of all things desktop computer network oriented. This article posits the WiFI alliance will compete against Wintelsco for what is considered "standard" for emerging wireless standards like 802.11g,... the next big battleground. The biggest fear is that Cisco Client Extensions will be the one ring to rule them all. I know that proprietary client software was a big selling point for a number of AP providers when it came to marketing the "authentication" and "authorization" of users on the wirless network. At work, we dumped that in favor of an open standard gateway, that had hooks into all kinds of backend authentication services. Good stuff.
8:09:18 PM 
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Lindows unveils HDD-less $169 Linux appliance. Boots off the CD [The Register]
I love the Register. Other news outlets reported this as is,... C|Net and at least one other big media outlet. But the Register really did some speculation (which I like, it's kind of an analysis function) on the full import of a wimpy $169 dumb web terminal. We're getting closer all the time to that ideal cost of something that's less than a game console in price. I think everyone was targeting $200 or less, and this fits the bill. Now all they need is some online storage. I saw one Linux based media PC that's the size of a little paperback book, which uses a Flash based Compact PC drive as it's hard drive. Slick, slick, slick. If someone could get these engineering groups together, it could be done.
8:02:05 PM
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Schools stay mum on file traders' names. Boston College and MIT are the first to contest subpoenas from the recording industry demanding information on alleged file swappers, but others may follow. [CNET News.com]
I've stayed neutral on the topic of subpeonas and the RIAA pursuing lawsuits with individuals. This article gives me some hope that the rights of the individuals are being protected somewhat by the people that manage the networks on which they trade files. NO USE in railroading those people, and trying to bully and scare them. The Law is not meant to bully and scare people but to mete out justice. Best to see to it justice is served.
7:40:14 PM
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© Copyright 2003 Eric Likness.
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