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Cringely's 2002 Predictions

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the looking-in-the-crystal-ball dept.

An anonymous reader submitted Cringley's 2002 predictions. Nothing totally unexpected: XML will explode (hasn't it already?) and Microsoft will keep their mits in every big deal in the tech industry. Other stuff too, like the return of VCs and IPO frenzies (yawn), and that Rich Media won't quite make it yet in 2002.

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  1. 2001 by Oily+Tuna · · Score: 3, Informative

    2001's predictions

    he might be 70% right on the obvious stuff, but his stock predictions are 0% right, so I won't take any notice of the new ones

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  2. It was a prepackaged bankruptcy by mr_death · · Score: 3, Informative
    ... Covad pulled out of Bankruptcy

    Not really -- Covad filed what is known as a prepackaged bankruptcy (http://www.latimes.com/business/la-000064425aug08 .story) , where the debt holders have already agreed to trade some or all of their debt for equity and some cash, reducing the amount of debt service the company had to support. From where I'm sitting, there was no question that Covad would reemerge from bankruptcy.

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  3. Actually by iGawyn · · Score: 3, Informative

    Just about every ISP worth the money you pay per month does this. I'm not sure how many ISPs do filter, but it's a very simple, one line addition to the Cisco routers, to check to see if the source IP is within it's IP pool. If not, then you can either discard and ignore the packets, or discard and flag them, based on repeat offenders, and from there, track down which user is sending them and inform them of this.

    Gawyn

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