Comments on: Without IP who will invent? How about everybody.

By: banker

banker — Sun, 22 Oct 2006 22:23:54 +0000

The finance industry does not enjoy patents or ip.

Check this website out:
http://www.ft.com/markets/wizardry

There are a few articles about how innovation takes place in the financial industry.

By: Lionel DAVID

Lionel DAVID — Tue, 12 Sep 2006 06:51:14 +0000

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By: DJC

DJC — Thu, 01 Jun 2006 10:54:48 +0000

SIP is a fantastically disruptive technology. Designed to be very similar to the HTML / XML that has literally changed the world.

By: Curt Howland

Curt Howland — Thu, 01 Jun 2006 10:12:49 +0000

What, "Person" is skipping an Intellectual Property article?

About Asterisk, there's an important aspect that needs to be considered. If I wanted a perfectly legal copy of Asterisk, all I would have to do is type:

# apt-get install asterisk

Ain't that a hoot! In fact I did it for a little while as an experiment, but decided to wait until I afforded myself a POTS card so I could the standard household wiring for phone handsets. I don't want to be tied to a headset connected to a computer just to make a phone call.

Since Asterisk is a SIP-compliant server, you can use it to connect to SIP service providers and eliminate your local telephone service all together. So much for the mandated monopoly status of the "last mile of copper"!!!

By: Doyle

Doyle — Wed, 31 May 2006 23:07:15 +0000

I thought you wrote "Marc Specter" at first. Was thinking Moon Knight wrote Asterisk?

By: Manuel Lora

Manuel Lora — Wed, 31 May 2006 17:35:19 +0000

Marc Spencer was also one of the original developers of Gaim (http://gaim.sf.net), a very popular multi-protocol IM program.

By: M E Hoffer

M E Hoffer — Wed, 31 May 2006 17:21:47 +0000

In the April 10th edition of Forbes magazine, there is a GE sponsored centerfold speaking to the innovation(s) of Mark Spencer, son of 2 Auburn University professors.

Seems that he brought “open-source” to the phone-networld via his product called Asterisk.

Knowing that vMI is based in Auburn, is there a reason not to give Spencer a ring?

By: Robert Nanders

Robert Nanders — Wed, 31 May 2006 16:50:29 +0000

Thanks for a beautiful post, and the beautiful idea of a world without UP (unnatural property) laws constraining the use of non-scarce resources. Appreciate the reference, I’ll have to read Wired more!