Nice guy Shel Israel's Telco Incumbents, Challengers and Trojan Ducks is worth a read. Shel has been an advisor to a number of us in the emerging telephony industry over the last twelve months. Following dinner at Etel, he observed:
Last night, I learned and for the first time, really understood just how well all the pieces involved in making his vision more reality than hallucination. Pat is getting his ducks lined up very rapidly. Don't tell the incumbents that they are Trojan Ducks.
Alec Saunders is the Vice President of Developer Relations for BlackBerry maker Research in Motion. This is his personal blog, with his personal viewpoints. Prior to this Alec was the CEO and co-founder of Calliflower — the easiest way to hold a meeting, online, on a conference call, or on the go. A double-decade veteran of product management and marketing, he spent nine years at Microsoft where he helped launch Windows 95, the first two versions of Internet Explorer, the Universal Plug and Play initiative, the push into home markets, opt-in email marketing and what might well go down in history as the very first direct email list ever.
