When it comes to VoIP, read the fine print

When it comes to VoIP, read the fine print

VoIP is going to change the way telecommunications is done – but first you need to re-examine your telecom contract. It’s possible there are some provisions in it that could actually raise your costs as you move voice to IP, say Laura McDonald and Hank Levine, two partners at a law firm that specializes in telecom contracts.

https://www.nwfusion.com/columnists/2004/0405mcdonald.html?vo

How SCO painted itself into a corner

SCO’s attempts to scare Linux users into paying the company for licensing rights have had just one result: making SCO an outcast. Currid & Co.’s Linda Musthaler says SCO had better find a way to actually generate some serious cash soon, or the circus SCO has created will come to an end.

https://www.nwfusion.com/columnists/2004/0405musthaler.html?vo

Microsoft’s just desserts

Windows Networking Tips Newsletter author Dave Kearns has decided that the European Union did the right thing in fining Microsoft $600 million. In fact, he says the EU did what the U.S. should have done in its own settlement with the company.

https://www.nwfusion.com/columnists/2004/0405kearns.html?vo

Windows Networking Tips Newsletter

https://www.nwfusion.com/newsletters/nt/index.html?vo

IBM changes the rules

Last week I was struck by both the importance and subtlety of IBM’s Power chip announcement – so I felt I had to explain what really happened. The print-edition folks let me have the editorial space today to do just that.

https://www.nwfusion.com/columnists/2004/0405edit.html?vo