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McNealy Says Telcos Falling Behind in Net Race

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the also-low-on-gas dept.

BobB-nw writes "Telecommunication companies need to go beyond just providing bandwidth and look into acquiring Internet destination sites that are heavily trafficked, says Sun Microsystems Chairman Scott McNealy. "I have explained to every telco that either you become a destination site, or the destination site will become a telco," McNealy said at a news conference at Sun Microsystems' Worldwide Education and Research Conference in San Francisco on Wednesday."

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  1. Re:he is quite right by snl2587 · · Score: 5, Funny

    I, then, look forward to getting internet access from The Pirate Bay.

  2. Re:he is quite right by LiquidCoooled · · Score: 3, Funny

    I can quite easily see a fleet of ships around each country connected with a super speed wireless link and plenty of 802.xx pringles cans pointing inland.
    incidentally, the linked article talks about sending 16.4 tpbs(pirate bays per second) so its gotta be good.

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    liqbase :: faster than paper
  3. Re:Oh for the love of.. by UbuntuDupe · · Score: 0, Funny

    Right. Can we all chip in on a bus rental, so we can all go over and slap this jerk? Probably not going to work out. I just talked to the bus company, and the rep told me that vehicles carrying geek activists must stay on the shoulder when driving (as per the road provider's rules), effectively limiting our average speed to 5 mph. So, it would take a few days for us to get to him.

    HOWEVER, I have some good news: if we also pitch in to pay for an affiliate deal with the road company, we may be able use the regular lanes! Thoughts?
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    Apology to Ubuntu forum.
  4. Re:No way! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Funny

    And then, he added "Java. Java java. Java. 9/11...java."

    Remember when Sun and Scott were relevant? Me either. Too long ago.