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CS 306

The quest for rapid and robust Internet access has cities grappling with how to bring the best of broadband to their businesses and residents. CS 306. A broad Reach - 63 mil Access Service Cost Don’t need it The gatekeepers Comcast sbc. Big Band Era. CS 306.

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CS 306

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  1. The quest for rapid and robust Internet access has cities grappling with how to bring the best of broadband to their businesses and residents. CS 306 • A broad Reach - 63 mil • Access • Service • Cost • Don’t need it • The gatekeepers • Comcast • sbc Big Band Era

  2. CS 306 “Wireless really gives give the opportunity, on a relatively low-cost basis, to put technology into neighborhoods that could never afford it before.” At Your service Big cities have to show corporations that their broadband will stay on even if terrorists strike, says Chris O’brien, Chicago’s technology chief.

  3. Firework • Comcast - $43 - $58 • SBC - $27 0 $37 CS 306 Broadband Browser

  4. The Simple, and the simply awful CS 306 • The products we love • Tivo, by Tivo • Ipod, by Apple • Skype’s Voice-over-Internet Service • Google’s search engine • BlackBerry by RIM The beauty of Simplicity

  5. The Simple, and the simply awful CS 306 • ………….. and love to hate • Universal remote • PeopleSoft software • LG VX6100 Cell phone • HP Officejet 7110 printer • Sony Synthesize radio The beauty of Simplicity

  6. The Simple, and the simply awful CS 306 “I want to figure out how combine simplicity, which is basic human life, with this thing – technology – that’s out of control.” “The marker for simplicity is complex. If I offer you a VCR with only one button, it’s not all that exciting, even if when you use it, it’s likely to be easier .” The beauty of Simplicity

  7. Why you can’t understand your computer CS 306 People often claim that one of every three large-scale software systems gets canceled mid project. Of those that do make it out the door, three-quarters are never implemented: Some do not work as intended; others are just shelved. The software Wars Something unique to software, especially new software: no experts exist in the sense that we might speak of an expert machinist, a master electrician, or an experienced civil engineer. There are only those who are relatively less ignorant.

  8. Why you can’t understand your computer Though the medium on which it is stored might decay, the software itself, because it exists in the same ethereal way as a novel, scored music, or a mathematical theorem, lasts as long as the ability to decode it. CS 306 Something unique to software, especially new software: no experts exist in the sense that we might speak of an expert machinist, a master electrician, or an experienced civil engineer. There are only those who are relatively less ignorant. The software Wars

  9. Why you can’t understand your computer CS 306 Until computing is organized like engineering, law, and medicine through a combination of self-regulating professional bodies, government-imposed standards, and the threat of litigation, inviting a computer into your house or office is to invite complexity masquerading as convenience. The software Wars

  10. 1. Scanning the library of libraries CS 306 • 2. What happens when the books connect • 3. Books: The Liquid Version • 4. The Triumph of the Copy • The Moral Imperative to Scan • The Case Against Google • When Business Models collide • Search Changes Everything Scan This Book!

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