Hi Anthony,
\nI appreciate that the docs are at an early stage but most investors will
\nwant a 15-20 pager on the project with a 2-3 page additional executive
\nsummary. I’m not sure that the proposed business plan format is appropriate.<\/p>\n
Also, much of the website content is a bit too evangelical for my liking.
\nThings are said without necessarily being backed up. The CUBOS approach has
\nnot been clearly described anywhere.
\nI’ll have a look at it. Also, some things are very unclear to me at this
\nstage:<\/p>\n
1) who’s involved? (contributors, investors, sponsors etc.)
\nThe group on MSN looks quite small when compared with the complexity of the
\ntask)
\n2) what their roles are?
\n3) what their motives are?<\/p>\n
Also, there are a hell of a lot of management tools that are much better
\nthan MSN Groups. I’d adopt something like Moregroupware with project
\nplanning, task management etc. We’ve done deployments for various IST
\nprojects. E.g. http:\/\/www.securitytaskforce.org\/ <\/p>\n
I’m not sure whether I’m supposed to be suggesting people, organisations
\netc. However, my ability to make these suggestions is being impaired by
\noutstanding questions about the who where what how of Cubos technology and
\norganisation. Also, it certainly appears like there is a lot to do at this
\nstage. For example, the following page
\n(http:\/\/www.mxglobal.org\/CubosSJ6\/faq.htm) revealed much about the operation
\nof Cubos, Vector and Vectra. I’d love to know exactly how much of this has
\nbeen achieved. Many of the copyrights say 2002 so what exactly is in place
\nfor Jan 2006?<\/p>\n
However, based on what I’ve read so far. I have the following comments.
\n1) what webservice technologies are being used? Is there a SOAP interface
\nand is the REST paradigm used for service composition?
\nIs Vector technology licensable in itself? Where can I download a toolkit &
\nis the source open?
\nCan my developers work on it using J2EE or .Net technologies? Has it been
\nsecurity auditted? Is it a true Grid with pooled hardware and software
\nresources gaining time-share across a networked system based on application
\ncontext?
\n2) Is MX2 not just another intermediate setting itself up a global exchange
\nlike the commodities exchanges described in the FAQ. Is this basically an
\neBay for services where businesses can effectively outsource a range of
\nback-office activities to a trusted provider? Sj6 seems to be…
\n3) Different jurisdictions will have different legal terms & conditions for
\nCubos services. How do you propose getting around this?
\n4) Similar to 3, how do you ensure social equity of community members. How
\nis Cubos resistant to corruption & abuse? Ian Clarke (Irish lad who created
\nfreenet) has long argued that anonymity should be protected to ensure
\nfreedom of speech and communication. In business situations legal contracts
\nare put in place to enable process and task outsourcing. However, where will
\nliability lie within Cubos? How is liability limited across different
\njurisdictions? Will insurance products be available for services users.
\nArguably escrow services helped eBay gain acceptance. Dispute resolutions in
\ncommercial contracts is often expensive.
\n5) How will trust be gained? Should you start with basic services like
\nfax-to-email and other such low-level vertical services and then work you’re
\nway up the stack. The problem with many regional skill exchanges currently
\nin existence are unrealistic expectations about price & complexity on the
\npart of both customers and suppliers and a proliferation of smaller
\nlower-value entities due to lack of trust and concerns about organisational
\nstability etc.
\n6) If San Juan is operational why are there no performance figures available
\nfor this project? Perhaps there are but I couldn’t find any. <\/p>\n
Some of the goals are very ambitious but I would recommend studying the
\nfollowing information about telecomms information modelling as many of the
\nproblems you describe have been solved by a friend of mine, John Strassner,
\nfor commercial telecomms OSS deployments.
\nhttp:\/\/www.tmforum.org\/browse.asp?catID=2008
\nIMHO SID is the bible as it’s the most complete management information model
\non the planet. The benefits of using an accepted information model are
\nmanifold but here are some
\n1) availability of sophisticated, open and commercial management tools which
\nwill be deployed and tested in real-world commercial environments such as
\ntelecommunications networks.
\n2) availability of profiles and policies for most commercial services which
\nwill manage network and service infrastructure. E.g. VoIP over VPN profile
\ngiving guaranteed QoS between project partners. <\/p>\n
I also recommend studying information about different connection paradigms
\nfrom IONA and Intel <\/p>\n
http:\/\/www.intel.com\/cd\/ids\/developer\/asmo-na\/eng\/57606.htm?page=4
\nConnection brokerages and connectivity orchestrators enable information
\npassage to be prioritised using middleware and management tools. Simply put,
\nthe guy with the WiFi laptop will be told that he needs to upload files in a
\ntimely fashion if he hasn’t already serendipitously transmitted files
\nthrough an accepting hotpot. This kind of Just-in-Time data comms is as
\nvital to supporting virtual organisations as any other element. However, you
\nstill need a global reference model for all entities within your system and
\na management system that can interpret and enforce policies across complex
\nand multifacetted tasks. <\/p>\n
I guess it will all become clearer as I read through the comments on the
\nlist. <\/p>\n
Regards, <\/p>\n
\t…shane<\/p>\n
\/\/=============================
\n\/\/ Shane Dempsey
\n\/\/ Managing Director,
\n\/\/ Gaisan Technologies Ltd.
\n\/\/ e: sdempsey@gaisan.com
\n\/\/ u: http:\/\/www.gaisan.com
\n\/\/ t: +353 (0)51 304224
\n\/\/=============================<\/p>\n
> —–Original Message—–
\n> From: anthony brown [mailto:periclesbrown@hotmail.com]
\n> Sent: 28 December 2005 15:26
\n> To: sdempsey@gaisan.com
\n> Cc: mpickelny@yahoo.com; cubos@groups.msn.com
\n> Subject: RE: Review of docs
\n>
\n> Yep- we look forward to the questions, Shane…..ignore the documents,
\n> just
\n> read the messages +
\n> the “model” web-site carefully. Try not to ask questions already answered
\n> in
\n> those 2 places.
\n> See ya later,
\n> Anthony
\n>
\n> >From: “Shane Michael Dempsey”
\n> >To: “‘anthony brown'”
\n> >Subject: Review of docs
\n> >Date: Wed, 28 Dec 2005 13:37:44 -0000
\n> >
\n> >
\n> >Hi Anthony,
\n> >I’m reviewing the docs the project has produced so far. I’ll send you a
\n> >longer email when I get the chance but I have lots of questions.
\n> >
\n> >Sincerest regards,
\n> >
\n> >\t…shane
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