June 9, 2008
Thoughts on Infinera’s success: I always like how innovation is not always in the product. It can be pricing too. Kind of ironic for such a cosmic product innovation like the Infinera PIC to require an innovative pricing structure.
“Then, Infinera rolls out its new systems with a pricing model where their base systems are priced almost at cost, with the modules the plug into it and the software licensing being where the actual money is made over time.”
I believe that this give-away-the-base-box and make-it-up-in-the linecards is not a new strategy. It’s been around for a long time. Box vendors have been trying to hide the fabric forever. From a semi-vendors perspective this need to hide the fabric is exactly why “switch fabrics” are such a horrible semi-product. The box vendor rarely makes any money on it 
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June 9, 2008
Telco 2.0: Ring! Ring! Hot News, 9th June 2008: Telco 2.0’s weekly news summary. enjoy.
“In Today’s Issue: FTel/Teliasonera nightmare off; Singtel/Indosat off; visual voicemail for all; iPhones to be 50% subsidised; David Isenberg, underworld spy; DTAG, spy; VZW buys Alltel; secret Phorm docs; Android-Access row, but mobile Linux marches on; 3GPP femto standard less unready than before; 3UK crash; Qtel spends a billion in Iraq”
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June 9, 2008
Marshall Goldsmith Blog » Mission or Goal: Marshall talks about “Goal Obsession”.
“That is goal obsession, which is a subset of wanting to win too much. It rears its ugly head in many ways. In its broadest form, it’s the force at play when we get so wrapped up in achieving our goal that, like Colonel Nicholson (bridge over river kwai), we do it at the expense of a larger mission.“
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June 7, 2008
My favorite fanatical comment wrt/ this series is “There are only 20 books in the series. It’s just not enough.”
My favorite part of this book was their time in the Roaring Forties. I love the descriptions of the massive waves, how they navigate them, and the massive albatrosses. Feels other-worldly. They went there in a previous book, but I missed the “craziness” of this place. He does a great job on the second voyage thru there.
For those who are new to the series, here is a good place to start Aubrey–Maturin series - Wikipedia. I’d avoid the individual book pages ’cause they have good plot summaries.
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June 6, 2008
Sigur Ros: “Their site says the album will be released on June 23, 2008. Download will be DRM-free 320kpbs mp3 for $8.00. I can’t wait. Should be great. I love this band.”
For those who can’t wait Fred Wilson has the song Festival up on his site.
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June 6, 2008
My most listened to album in the past month, by far, is Santogold. I really like the whole album. For some reason I’m addicted to “shove it” which you can listen to on Santogold’s myspace site. The sound is catchy and the lyrics are nasty 
Here’s the chorus
We think you’re a joke
Shove your hope where it don’t shine (4x)
Here’s this months new additions.
held over from last month
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been listening to this a lot. I’m a Philip Glass fan.
