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