what will all you who work for private isp's be doing in a few years?

Wed May 11 22:12:15 UTC 2005

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.

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TTFN,
patrick