* Microsoft has to do better on Passport * How extranets are like Britney Spears * As big a joke as the iLoo * VoIP as moon shot
Microsoft has to do better on Passport
Despite rumors to the contrary, no one is going to fine Microsoft $2.2 trillion anytime soon, says Scott Bradner. However, the recent design flaw found in Microsoft’s Passport technology raises some questions about how the company will respond to the next problem.
https://www.nwfusion.com/columnists/2003/0519bradner.html?vo
How extranets are like Britney Spears
Johna Till Johnson this week checks in on a certain prediction she made back in 1999 that pointed to an extranet “inflection point” in May 2003. Is it happening? Read her update.
https://www.nwfusion.com/columnists/2003/0519eye.html?vo
As big a joke as the iLoo
Mark Gibbs doesn’t have many nice things to say about Microsoft’s Windows XP Tablet Edition in his Backspin column this week. Gibbs had a chance to try out the operating system on a Fujitsu tablet, and he says some usability issues were overlooked.
https://www.nwfusion.com/columnists/2003/0519backspin.html?vo
VoIP as moon shot
Convergence Newsletter co-author and Packet Evangelist Steve Taylor heralds AT&T’s certification of Avaya and Cisco IP PBXs as one small step for AT&T, one giant leap for voice over IP. However, there’s still more to be done.
https://www.nwfusion.com/columnists/2003/0519taylor.html?vo
