Error 404--Not Found

Error 404--Not Found

From RFC 2068 Hypertext Transfer Protocol -- HTTP/1.1:

10.4.5 404 Not Found

The server has not found anything matching the Request-URI. No indication is given of whether the condition is temporary or permanent.

If the server does not wish to make this information available to the client, the status code 403 (Forbidden) can be used instead. The 410 (Gone) status code SHOULD be used if the server knows, through some internally configurable mechanism, that an old resource is permanently unavailable and has no forwarding address.

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Error 404--Not Found

Error 404--Not Found

From RFC 2068 Hypertext Transfer Protocol -- HTTP/1.1:

10.4.5 404 Not Found

The server has not found anything matching the Request-URI. No indication is given of whether the condition is temporary or permanent.

If the server does not wish to make this information available to the client, the status code 403 (Forbidden) can be used instead. The 410 (Gone) status code SHOULD be used if the server knows, through some internally configurable mechanism, that an old resource is permanently unavailable and has no forwarding address.
The power prognosticator

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"I seen my opportunities and I took 'em"

By Michael Cooney

"WorldCom buys SouthwesternBell Atlantic's AT&T division for $4 trillion." - probable Network World headline, circa 2002. Mergers and acquisitions. Good or evil?

I'm gonna have to come down on the side of evil on this one. I mean, where else can you find audacity like two behemoths such as MCI WorldCom and Sprint merging and having the gall to say the move is going to increase competition? Carriers make this leap in logic all the time and they know that basically no one's going to stop them.

It's evil, I tell you. Did you think evil was going to show up in a bunny suit making everyone feel good - then strike when no one is looking? No, evil is in your face, daring you to do something about it.

That's the rub. There isn't much anyone can do about it - nor should they. Oh, the FCC may take some shots at MCI WorldCom/Sprint, but the reality is - here's my first prediction - those companies will be one by the end of 2000.

Mergers are also a fact of life in the industry. In order to grow fast, companies can no longer take a long time with internal R&D. Vendors have to buy other companies' technologies. Internet time waits for no one. And those are just a couple of the reasons why the run on mergers and acquisitions is going to continue with a vengeance this year.

Who will we say goodbye to in 2000?

Cabletron and Newbridge Networks for starters. Both have been struggling for a while and both have been on the chopping block. They'll be snapped up by the likes of Alcatel or Siemens by midyear.

3Com could find itself beholden to some other vendor. It too could be swallowed up by a European company looking to gain a stronger presence in the U.S. market.

On a global level, Global One and Global Crossing could be gone by year-end. Global One has just had too many problems. And when Sprint is officially gobbled up by MCI WorldCom, well, the party's over. And sources tell me Global One wants to grow, but its assets might be too great for some carrier not to try to acquire.

Also expect AT&T to buy British Telecom outright. Sources say this deal will happen despite AT&T's already cozy relationship with the firm.

On a more local level, something has to give with BellSouth. Will it buy or be bought? Sources indicate the company will be bought, maybe by midyear.

There are too many folks in the application service provider arena for them all to survive. I don't want to pick on anyone in particular here, but look for some consolidation in this market.

George Washington Plunkitt, a character in William Riordan's Plunkitt of Tammany Hall, said: "I seen my opportunities and I took 'em."

Such would be a good theme for the mergers and acquisitions market in 2000.

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