April 2008 - Enterprise Insights

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Putting the Cart before the Horse

Cisco has come forward with a new vision for the data center. This may really be what I have maintained for the last 15+ years. The future will happen when the “computer is really in the network.” This is Cisco’s first big shot in a war to control the...

Published Wed, Apr 30 2008 11:04 AM by Paul E. Rummell
Dare to try something different?

Recently I was asked by two IT industry reporters I've known for a long time whether I would continue to evangelize the use of Linux for knowledge worker desktops. I answered yes. I also understand that the adoption of a Linux desktop is not perceived...

Published Sat, Apr 26 2008 8:04 PM by Dr. Chevalier
Industry Committee study on Science and Technology is underway

Last month I blogged about why it is important to participate in the study by parliament’s Industry Committee on science and technology. I also provided a link to my own submission ( OpenDocument , PDF , HTML ). Michael Geist has reported that the...

Published Tue, Apr 22 2008 11:04 AM by Rusell McOrmond
Software Patents and Free/Libre and Open Source Software (FLOSS) (Part 1)

I was invited to speak at the IT360 conference on Software Patents and Open Source, which I did in the afternoon of April 9. While my slides are online , I believe it is worth discussing the presentation here for the benefit of those who did not attend...

Published Mon, Apr 21 2008 1:04 PM by Rusell McOrmond
Fake Facebook login phishing passwords

Yesterday, one of my facebook friends sent an email to all his friends with the subject of "Funniest video EVER - A monkey smoking a cigarette!". In the message was a link to a .info site. When I clicked there I was sent to a page that looked like I hadn...

Published Sat, Apr 19 2008 12:04 PM by Rusell McOrmond
President and CEO of Hydro Ottawa responds to questions about sale of Telecom Ottawa

I wrote about the sale of Telecom Ottawa in my article An ideal future communications infrastructure, how do we get there, and what is stopping us! . At the same time I wrote a letter to my city councillor and Ottawa's Mayor Larry OBrien asking for details...

Published Tue, Apr 15 2008 12:04 PM by Rusell McOrmond
More Bell Canada misinformation and misdirection in attempt to justify questionably lawful throttling

In a Network World article by Dave Webb , Bell Canada’s chief of regulatory affairs Mirko Bibic attempts to justify the throttling of the last-mile connection to independent ISPs. As is typical, Bell Canada is abusing peoples confusion between issues...

Published Mon, Apr 14 2008 2:04 PM by Rusell McOrmond
And then there was two: Bell Canada seeks to wipe out ISP competitors

This seems to be the week when core Internet issues are being discussed. While much of it is under the phrase “Network Neutrality”, that term is confusing enough that opponents are able to distract policy makers and citizens. This is why my...

Published Thu, Apr 03 2008 10:04 AM by Rusell McOrmond

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April 2008 - Enterprise Insights

Putting the Cart before the Horse

Dare to try something different?

Industry Committee study on Science and Technology is underway

Software Patents and Free/Libre and Open Source Software (FLOSS) (Part 1)

Fake Facebook login phishing passwords

President and CEO of Hydro Ottawa responds to questions about sale of Telecom Ottawa

More Bell Canada misinformation and misdirection in attempt to justify questionably lawful throttling

And then there was two: Bell Canada seeks to wipe out ISP competitors

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