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To: axial who wrote (25488)	2/20/2008 1:18:05 PM
From: Frank A. Coluccio	Respond to of 46821

Hi Jim. Every entrant is governed by at least some least-common-denominator cut of standards. This holds especially true for the networking layers, lest an entrant not even be able to port its wares. My main point has been: It's how entrants differentiate themselves outside the borders of those LCD standards, usually at the higher layers, that make them stand out and go on to become the next Amazon, Google or Second Life. Ten years ago (your second reference link), steadfastly adhering to "new standards" (actually, emerging Internet RFCs) was deemed sufficient by many entrants _in _the _networking _ space when the primary goal was to escape the gravitational pull of incumbents legacy standards. Back then, ISPs and common carriers (the incumbents) belonged to separate universes, and the evolving Web application space was simpler and less demanding. We're past those once-nascent times today, although new entrants today still need to continue leveraging those same RFCs (and newer ones as they evolve) at the lower layers of the stack while creating newer and proprietary applications, services and products at the higher layers, if they wish to thrive. Of course, in the process everyone else suffers a little bit (Basic Hair-Pulling 101), since they cannot access those applications unless they agree to the terms of subscription or sale. We face this constantly in the enterprise, where, for example, vendors' Ethernet switches and cabling systems, say, adhere to all of the IEEE and TIA/EIA standards at the transport layers, but differentiate themselves when it comes to security, operating systems, administrative tools, and so on, making it extremely awkward, if possible at all, to maintain a multi-vendor environment in an economical manner, despite all vendors adhering to Layer 1 and 2 "network" standards. Of course, the latter also carries along with it the need to protect their IPRs, "because" they are not, in and of themselves, open standards. Skype leveraged peer-to-peer RFCs, for example, but built its capabilities on top of those standards by using proprietary code. Later, FAC ------

To: axial who wrote (25488)	3/2/2008 12:17:11 PM
From: Frank A. Coluccio	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 46821

VoSky, AltiGen Pairing Brings Skype To Businesses Andrew R Hickey \| ChannelWeb \| Feb. 28, 2008 VoIP vendor AltiGen Communications Inc. has partnered with VoSky to bring Skype VoIP-based applications to AltiGen's voice solutions for call centers and SMBs. The partnership, unveiled Tuesday, adds Sunnyvale, Calif.-based VoSky's Exchange VoIP application gateway to AltiGen's complete lineup of VoIP systems and will enable SMBs and call centers to leverage new functionality like remote agents, Web Click2Call, VoIP trunking and global direct inward dial (DID) all using Skype, the world's largest VoIP network with more than 270 million subscribers. Cont.: crn.com ------