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April 06, 2007
Retroactive Posting
My history is that I do not grok how incompatiable views such as Ayn Rand are to my Quaker consensus \ expectant silence.
I do however appreciate irony.
The bell system was built on the strict defense of patent 174445 (I believe).
It's ironic that the bell system may be a one trick pony.
Its ironic that the courts that tried to promote competition now block it.
Its ironic that vonage which has been a customer acquistion machine has to leave its sweet spot.
It will be ironic if returning the customers to the pstn and reversing the LNP process wins anyone happy customers.
Its ironic that the best work around for vonage is public ENUM. Something jeffery did not want to do.
its ironic that the cable companies have been so ostrich like in this court case.
Its ironic that the Internet, built on freely given IPR, is being tortured by the beneficiaries of this IPR.
Its ironic that the author of the 711 patent found his patent more broadlly interpreted than he "claimed" and only one claim survived.
Its ironic that jeffery citron who scared wall street with his alternate network (island) and did care about the opinions of analysts, now has to suffer listening to all of their opinions on his alternate network (vonage).
I am sure more can be found. I may have to go on ebay, but I intend to go back to vonage.
Posted by carl at April 6, 2007 06:39 AM