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.