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Permanet vs. Nearlynet

Posted by michael on from the permanet-press dept.

Clay Shirky has a good essay on wireless networking, contrasting two approaches to building out a network, roughly akin to the cathedral and bazaar methods of building software.

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  1. Microsoft: Ahead of Its Time by KPU · · Score: 3, Funny

    Support for disconnection is already included in all versions of windows. Some call this feature the BSOD, others call it Driver Signing and Palladium. But these all have one common feature: windows supports disconnecting and you don't even have to do anything!