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Editor's List: What's Hot and Not in 2004?: Page 2 of 3

NWC editors offer their thoughts on what technologies, people and companies they think will be both "hot" and "not" commodities in 2004.
January 10, 2004
  • Hot: Residential VoIP and Cell phones.
  • Not: Residential legacy phones.
  • Hot: SIP based enterprise messaging.
  • Not: Proprietary enterprise messaging.

Lori MacVittie, Technology Editor

  • Hot: Everything on a USB stick. The more you wear around your neck, the higher the geek factor.
  • Not: Cell phone's with camera's in them. Cause if Joel Conover takes one more picture of me in the lab with his phone I'm going to have to do something mean.

Robert G. Moskowitz, Contributing Editor

  • Hot: ANYTHING WIRELESS! Rooftop mesh networks as people try and talk around the trees.
  • Not: Legislation against open wireless Hotspots -- 'Stop anonymous net access'
  • Hot: Dis-ing security for fun and profit. Any hole you find brings you fame and a few shekels.
  • Not: Spam laws -- Gas for politicians, laughs for spammers

Greg Shipley, Contributing Technology Edito

  • Hot: considering Linux where it makes sense
  • Not: Endless patching
  • Hot: companies that earn real money
  • Not: companies that don't

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