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RE: WAP Is A Trap -- Reject WAP

2000-06-20 21:00:05

On Tue, 20 Jun 2000 10:30:31 -0400, "Brijesh Kumar" 
<bkumar(_at_)ennovatenetworks(_dot_)com> said:

  Brijesh> It is an open secret that wireless industry is a closed cartel of
  Brijesh> three super heavyweights (Motorola, Ericsson, and Nokia) and two 
heavy
  Brijesh> weights (Lucent and Nortel). There is no role for any smaller
  Brijesh> organization in the set up. Hope God give you wisdom to  accept this
  Brijesh> truth with cheerfulness, as many other small companies in the 
wireless
  Brijesh> industry have accepted ;-).

I don't want that "wisdom".

I want to challenge the status quo based on the power
of truly open protocols, the Internet end-to-end
model and free software.

The WAP Trap paper is just a beginning ...


What you call super heavyweiths, I call dinosaurs.

Those "heavyweights" who have placed their bets on WAP,
are now caught in their own mess. 

WAP introduces the Phone Company -- equipped by the
likes of Phone.Com -- as a fictitious middle man
acting as a gate-keeper. While gate-keepers are an
integral part of the tele-com model, they have no
place in the data-com world.

I full agree with Phil Karn when he says:

On Tue, 20 Jun 2000 12:36:47 -0700 (PDT), Phil Karn 
<karn(_at_)qualcomm(_dot_)com> said:

  Phil> One thing missing from most block diagrams of WAP is the chute on the
  Phil> bottom of the carrier's WAP gateway pouring out money. It's safe to
  Phil> say that this chute is WAP's primary reason for existence.

  Phil> WAP has gotten as far as it has (which isn't very far) only because
  Phil> cell phones are closed, proprietary devices. The end user has no
  Phil> choice which software or protocols it runs. The vendors make that
  Phil> decision for you.

  Phil> ...

  Phil> The Internet end-to-end model will once again prevail, putting the
  Phil> cellular service providers back into their proper place as providers
  Phil> of packet pipes, nothing more. And life will be good again. :-)

As for,

  Brijesh> PS: By the way, ReFLEX is perfectly fine for two way messaging
  Brijesh> applications.

No. 

ReFLEX is not perfectly fine.

It is not IP based.


...Mohsen.



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