IP: WLAN thing....

[David Farber <dave () farber net>]

> Date: Thu, 16 Aug 2001 20:56:52 -0400 (EDT)
> From: "Mike O'Dell" <mo () ccr org>
> To: dave () farber net
> Subject: WLAN thing....
>
>
> Stu Feldman, who invented "make" and who was my boss at Bellcore,
> had a wonderful saying for people like "analyst authors" of such reports:
>
>         "Bright, but deeply ignorant."
>
> It is true that existing operators *could* do something with
> 802.11 (as in "it violates no known laws of physics," although
> it would strain the Heizenbell Incredulity Principle - no
> phone company and a technically decent idea can coexist near
> each other for very long). But when she gets to that part
> about "must integrate with the existing cellular network",
> the suppressed chortles become guffaws.
>
>         cheers,
>         -mo



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