Simple Twist Of Fate
Senior Member
Whenever you hear a big Telco say 'It'll never catch on', go out and buy it. The Internet, Broadband and Voice over IP are not the only past examples.
http://www.nccmembership.co.uk/pooled/articles/BF_WEBART/view.asp?Q=BF_WEBART_162476
'"Business folk in, say, Sydney or Johannesburg have expectations informed by direct experience of iBurst technology"
"MBWA technologies are knocking on the door. The old incumbents are busy saying 'it'll never catch on', casting doubt on enterprise and asking why anyone would possibly want to use their lap-top on the bus or in a taxi or sitting in the park. Twenty-five years ago they were saying the same about mobile phones. "
"They feared a society with a knowledge-lite under-class living in a differently deprived world from the rest of our confident and clever click-competent country.
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http://www.nccmembership.co.uk/pooled/articles/BF_WEBART/view.asp?Q=BF_WEBART_162476
'"Business folk in, say, Sydney or Johannesburg have expectations informed by direct experience of iBurst technology"
"MBWA technologies are knocking on the door. The old incumbents are busy saying 'it'll never catch on', casting doubt on enterprise and asking why anyone would possibly want to use their lap-top on the bus or in a taxi or sitting in the park. Twenty-five years ago they were saying the same about mobile phones. "
"They feared a society with a knowledge-lite under-class living in a differently deprived world from the rest of our confident and clever click-competent country.
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