AT THE CENTER
The electronic newsletter of the
Silicon Valley World Internet Center
Tuesday, November 4, 2003
The Silicon
Valley World Internet Center thanks its Sponsors for their continuing
support:
EXECUTIVE
SPONSORS
Amdocs, Inc. Cable & Wireless
Deutsche Telekom Fujitsu IBM Corporation
SAP Sun Microsystems
KNOWLEDGE
NETWORK PARTNERS
Halleck IC Growth, Inc.
Market Wire Incucomm Xterprise
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POWER PUB: THURSDAY,
NOVEMBER 6, 2003
"BROADBAND WIRELESS: A CHANGING LANDSCAPE"
Pub Masters: Mr. George Sidman, President, Monterey Network Center
& Mr. Les Laky, Co-Founder, Fiber Internet Center
5:00 p.m.: Networking
5:30 p.m.: Pub Exchange
6:30 p.m.: Networking
7:00 p.m.: Pub Closes!
Open to the Public. Fee: $15 (cash or check, payable at the door).
Further information below.
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SPECIAL EVENT: eLEARNING
FORUM: TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 2003
"eLEARNING IN THE CRYSTAL BALL: PROBING THE
FUTURE WITH THE eLEARNING FORUM"
3:00 p.m. Registration & Networking
3:20 p.m. Program
5:15 p.m. Reception
6:30 p.m. Program concludes
Open to the public. $30 fee. Registration and payment information
below.
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SUMMARY: INTERACTIVE
PANEL DISCUSSION: WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 15, 2003
"OPEN SOURCE AS THE FOUNDRY FOR AN ECOSYSTEM"
Summary below.
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POWER PUB: THURSDAY,
NOVEMBER 6, 2003
"BROADBAND WIRELESS: A CHANGING LANDSCAPE"
Pub Masters: Mr. George Sidman, President, Monterey Network Center
& Mr. Les Laky, Co-Founder, Fiber Internet Center
5:00 p.m.: Networking
5:30 p.m.: Pub Exchange
6:30 p.m.: Networking
7:00 p.m.: Pub Closes!
Open to the Public. Fee: $15 (cash or check, payable at the door).
The market for wireless -- as an alternative to T1 and Fiber,
and in many cases to DSL and Cable Modem -- is in for quite a boom.
Wireless in the "last mile'" has the potential of rapidly and dramatically
increasing bandwidth to office buildings, residences and hotspots
by providing faster-than-copper wireless multi-point services. Broadband
wireless subscriber revenues will reach around $17 billion in 2005
according IGI. According to Ovum, by 2008, there will be 16 million
lines. The questions heard most often are about using licensed versus
unlicensed frequencies:
- Is security adequate?
- Will wireless at hotspots be free?
Please join our Pub Masters, George Sidman and Les Laky, for a
hot discussion. George Sidman is the President of Monterey Network
Center (http://www.montereynet.net)
and Les Laky is the Co-Founder of the Fiber Internet Center (http://www.fiberinternetcenter.com).
This Power Pub is aimed at the deployment of broadband wireless
systems in both domestic and international markets and the reason
wireless networks represent an attractive business model. The discussion
will specifically address key issues of licensed versus unlicensed
frequencies, the adequacy of wireless security, and whether hotspots
will be free.
ABOUT GEORGE SIDMAN
George Sidman is a proven entrepreneur with a 20 year track record
in launching and growing successful software companies in the information
sciences. In 1984, he founded INLEX, Inc., which quickly became
a leading provider of library automation systems worldwide. He is
the Founder and President of Nousoft, Inc., (1994), a software company
specializing in very large-scale object management technologies.
Mr. Sidman also is the founder of Arista Systems, Inc., (1997),
a venture capital funded distance-learning company.
Currently, he is Founder & President of Monterey Network Center,
a regional web commerce provider. In this capacity, he provides
leadership for company formation and growth, technology development,
marketing, and sales. Mr. Sidman has conducted successful financings
in public and private markets. Among his other accomplishments,
he is a licensed architect and developer of award-winning sports
facilities; and a consultant and public speaker to the information
sciences community. In total, Mr. Sidman has started 7 companies
over the last 25 years, all of which are operating successfully
today.
ABOUT LES LAKY
Les Laky (http://www.leslaky.com)
is the CTO of New Access International, a fixed broadband wireless
service provider with operations in the United States and South
America. He is Co-Founder of the Fiber Internet Center of Palo Alto,
intent on reducing the cost of connecting to the fiber optic network
and upgrading customers to the faster speeds.
Mr. Laky was also one of the founders of MediaCity, a successfully
Palo Alto ISP acquired by SoftNet in 1996. He is a telecom and Nortel
veteran, a pioneer in cable modem technology, and an active participant
and advisor to several start-up ventures as a co-founder of Internet
Inventions. In addition, Mr. Laky is the Keeper of DomainKeep, a
private domain name registration service.
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SPECIAL EVENT: eLEARNING
FORUM: TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 2003
"eLEARNING IN THE CRYSTAL BALL: PROBING THE
FUTURE WITH THE eLEARNING FORUM"
3:00 p.m. Registration & Networking
3:20 p.m. Program
5:15 p.m. Reception
6:30 p.m. Program concludes
Open to the public. $30 fee. Registration and payment information
below.
Join us for a lively discussion of the future of eLearning in the
next 18-months. The November meeting of the eLearning Forum is presented
in conjunction with the Silicon Valley World Internet Center.
Thought leaders in the area of learning will discuss:
- What trends are being seen in the eLearning space?
- Where are they placing their bets?
- Where are the opportunities for growth and what are the pitfalls?
Discussions will focus on the future of the eLearning Forum as
a think-tank and clearinghouse for practical ideas in eLearning.
Board Members will share their thoughts on strategic planning, calling
on audience participants to voice their thoughts on how the eLearning
Forum can remain in tune with the needs of its members as well as
the rest of the world. The eLearning Forum invites attendees to
become involved in making this an organization that continues to
discuss pertinent issues and ideas.
The program discussion ends at 5:15 p.m., allowing for an additional
75 minutes for networking with Board Members and participants during
the reception.
REGISTRATION INFORMATION
This session is open to the public. There is a $30 fee to attend,
payable by credit card (in advance on the eLearning Forum's website),
or by cash or check at the door. There is limited seating, so pre-registration
is highly recommended.
- To pre-register by credit card (using PayPal), visit http://www.elearningforum.com.
- To register at the door (based upon seat availability), payment
is only accepted using cash or check (payable to eLearning Forum).
ABOUT THE eLEARNING FORUM
The eLearning Forum (http://www.elearningforum.com)
is a non-commercial, global community of people who make decisions
at the intersection of learning, technology, business, and design.
Its mission is to promote the understanding and use of eLearning
in industry and government worldwide and to provide a forum for
resolving issues impeding the progress of eLearning. Through the
meetings and services offered, the eLearning community comprised
of designers, training managers, consultants, product developers,
academics, researchers, and business managers looks to identify
and publicize new developments and emerging best practices.
Recent meeting topics include:
- Workflow-based Learning
- eLearning at U.C. Berkeley
- eLearning at Stanford University
- Knowledge Management & eLearning
- Virtual Teams at Cisco
- Informal Learning
eLearning Architectures eLearning Forum's monthly meetings are
webcast live, drawing participants from around the world. Visit
www.elearningforum.com for information. Membership, currently free,
is open to anyone who supports the values and mission of the eLearning
Forum.
"The best way to predict the future is to invent it." Alan
Kay
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SUMMARY: INTERACTIVE
PANEL DISCUSSION: WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 15, 2003
"OPEN SOURCE AS THE FOUNDRY FOR AN ECOSYSTEM"
Summary below.
On October 15, 2003, the World Internet Center welcomed back Mr.
Mark Cathcart, IBM Distinguished Engineer & Member, IBM Academy
of Technology, IBM On Demand Systems Environment Architecture and
Design and Mr. Lawrence Rosen, General Counsel for the Open Source
Initiative (OSI) and Attorney of Rosenlaw.com as key panelists for
the session, "Open Source as the Foundry for an Ecosystem."
Mark Cathcart opened the session with a call to think beyond specific
applications being programmed in open source code to consider the
benefits of social computing which can solve significantly large
problems (e.g., health and societal issues, etc.) Mr. Cathcart noted
that because of the shared objectives between programmers in a social
computing context supported by open source code, programmers go
off and focus on their particular strengths, thus driving invention
and new applications of common technologies across a broad range
of problems and solutions. He was very much encouraged that he is
seeing an emergence of social and welfare wave of computer applications
coming from the very possibility of collaboration through open source
code.
Lawrence Rosen's opening remarks focused on how the law affects
an ecosystem around open source and called for us -- the ones that
create that ecosystem -- to avoid "intellectual chaos." He expressed
a concern that laws are being developed around the world that tend
to protect certain players and prevent effective cooperation in
the open source space.
An active discussion ensued covering several of the key themes
and questions noted below:
- Humanitarianism vs. Big Corporate use of Open Source: what
is the driving force for companies like IBM to support Open Source?
- Increased activity in the Open Source space by people simply
looking for a job
- Are the Big Companies paying into the "milk cow" of the Open
Source community? Or will the "milk cow" soon be dead for lack
of financial resources?
- Are customers really clamoring for open source-developed apps?
- Should the Government be feeding the Open Source Ecosystem?
- Is Microsoft a false enemy to Open Source? If not, why do so
many developers in the Valley still feel "hatred" in their hearts?
- What is motivating developers to keep contributing to Open
Source?
- Who is liable for problems attributed to co-opted Open Source
code?
- Have Open Source licenses been too "floppy" to date?
- Will the only Darwinian survivors be the ones who build proprietary
apps on top of Open Sourced middleware?
To contact either of the panelists, please send your inquiry to
the Center at info@worldinternetcenter.com.
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For further information on the Center's Sponsors and Knowledge
Network Partners, visit their Websites:
EXECUTIVE
SPONSORS
Amdocs, Inc. http://www.amdocs.com
Cable & Wireless http://www.cw.com
Deutsche Telekom http://www.dtag.de/english/index.htm
Fujitsu http://www.fujitsu.com
IBM Corporation http://www.ibm.com
SAP http://www.mysap.com
Sun Microsystems http://www.sun.com
KNOWLEDGE
NETWORK PARTNERS
Halleck http://www.halleck.com
IC Growth, Inc. http://www.icgrowth.com
Market Wire http://www.marketwire.com
Incucomm http://www.incucomm.com
Xterprise http://www.xterprise.com
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