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Re: an economics lesson for the FCC chairman Re: FCC delays meeting 't

daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Fergie (Paul Ferguson))
Wed Aug 3 23:08:27 2005

From: "Fergie (Paul Ferguson)" <fergdawg@netzero.net>
Date: Thu, 4 Aug 2005 03:07:06 GMT
To: cook@cookreport.com
Cc: nanog@merit.edu
Errors-To: owner-nanog@merit.edu


Gordon,

You should know better -- the edge, economically, always
wins. This is where the money is. And this _is_ a busines,
no longer a science experiment.

But this eventual discussion does not belong here...

- ferg

-- Gordon Cook <cook@cookreport.com> wrote:

But John Seely Brown, ex ceo of xerox parc doesn't believe it.  He  
and john Hagel have a new book saying that capabilities for wealth  
creation are found at the edge.  (The title is The Only Sustainable  
Edge.)  If these guys are right, and i think they are, then edge  
based community owned and operated networks are the only way forward.

--
"Fergie", a.k.a. Paul Ferguson
 Engineering Architecture for the Internet
 fergdawg@netzero.net or fergdawg@sbcglobal.net
 ferg's tech blog: http://fergdawg.blogspot.com/


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