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October 15, 2007
Should we make the V in VON a W?
On the Cook report, my ears were burning. I talked to Gordon and this is the aftermath.
Gordon, again thank you for your kind words.
Just a point of clarity on these lines from Gordon.
I have the impression that carl is limited in the independence from von that he could achieve for an implementors track
it seems there is a branding problem
Here was point. We have built this year's conference around the issues associated with applications and the mobile subvergence (never mind covergence / FMC) of the Internet.
If you think IMS is evil, its because of the way the Internet is delivered on the platform. If you think we should be Web 2.0 all the way -vfine, but look how badly the Internet is delivered to most cell phones.
VON has made the transition to bring these issues into main confernence. Sprint and Intel on Wimax, ATT and Alcatel Lucent on 3 screen TV strategies, Nokia and Motorola on WiFi, Dual mode and everything else with the letters RF near it.
VON is now Wireless... But we cant call it WON. So VON is still VON... at least for today...
As for the Innovators, they get tired of listening to the Titans claim they control mortals. They are Promotheus playing with fire and daring to look in Pandora's box to see if Hope has gone. They will be content anywhere.. Hopefully, the innovators track fits there need.
Now the second part of the problem.
I ask everyone are you coming to VON. Some say Yes, Some say No...
I get a mixed answer... I then say have you looked at the schedule?
I never hear Yes. So I have a wireless show that everyone says VON is VoIP. But VoIP is not VoIP its everywhere now, and yet VON is being branded as only voice on fixed lines. SS7 ad nauseaum. Even with Jeff's recent activities in Video and Social Networking.
Brands constantly migrate up the food chain. VON should be allowed the same experience.
Posted by carl at October 15, 2007 04:15 AM
Comments
Yes, VoN is VoWLAN over Net :-)
Girish
Posted by: Girish Bhat at October 15, 2007 07:08 PM
No, the V should become X for anything Over the NET
Posted by: Ed Pimentel at October 17, 2007 11:11 AM