[80775] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: what will all you who work for private isp's be doing in a few years?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Patrick W. Gilmore)
Wed May 11 18:12:42 2005
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Cc: "Patrick W. Gilmore" <patrick@ianai.net>
From: "Patrick W. Gilmore" <patrick@ianai.net>
Date: Wed, 11 May 2005 18:12:15 -0400
To: nanog@nanog.org
Errors-To: owner-nanog@merit.edu
On May 11, 2005, at 6:02 PM, Matt Bazan wrote:
> bottom line is that in a few years everything will be virtualized and
> cosolodation will rule the land. there will be single turnkey
> solutions
> for the end user / corporate environment that will be infinitely
> configurable to meet the latest trends and needs. there will be no
> use
> for the small time 'innovator' or 'player' except in a purely academic
> environment.
If I had a nickel for every time someone told me everything would be:
* Consolidated
* Virtualized
* Automated
* Etc., etc.
I would have enough to buy an ISP. :-)
Add to that every time someone told me the "small guys" would get
pushed out, or that "bells will own everything", or that "<insert
favorite analyst catch-phrase>" and it gets really old really fast.
The market / industry / whatever will do things you will not expect.
Learn to deal with it.
--
TTFN,
patrick
