Monday, January 17, 2005
The rewards of Prosultingsm
As a Prosultantsm. I take jobs as much for love as for money. Sometimes client companies change, and their new people don't understand. With my heart on my sleeve it can hurt. Fortunately, a slave with many masters is a free man. And fortunately, sometimes I get letters like this:
On every post that uses "Prosulting" or "Prosultant" a lawyer once advised me to say:
Dear Mr Isen;TelSwitch seems from its Website to do shrink-wrap or turn-key third party Operations Support System software aimed at "lite" network operators like small CLECs, enterprises and owner-users. No wonder Woolfson totally gets what I'm saying; he's probably already there.
THANK YOU!!!
It is not often that I am compelled to write to someone to thank them for taking the time to contribute toward a publication, but I must certainly say that I was thoroughly impressed, and in complete agreement with the answers you provided in the 20/20 section of the most recent Telcommunications Magazine.
A long time ago, when Mr. Gary Kim was editor of Phone+, he wrote an aricle called "near zero pricing and the demise of the long distance company". I am sure that it sent shivers up the spines of many of my colleagues, and his, but he was (a) honest, and (b) correct in his assesment of the industry. My company saw that as the writing on the wall and got out of the Long distance industry, into another segment of the business entirely. [Gary Kim, clearly one of the good guys, now honchos Fat Pipe -- David I]
While I am not sure how many people, with their ego- and mono-dimensional-driven methods of operating their current communications companies, will take heed to the particulars of your contributions toward the editorial, I think they better had.
You are absolutely right when you wrote, "... makes it into just another app on a dollar-a-day network"... boy, you sure nailed that on the head - a sleepless night for anyone who understands the implications of the testament to the future upon which you reflect... Although in reading the other articles, I don't think that people quite "get it."
Thank you, once again, for your insightful and HONEST essay that you contibuted. You're quite clearly a visionary, even if it is certainly not the popular approach within the industry that likes to stick its' head in the ground and hide from the continued oncoming onslaught of hyper-commoditization.
Aaron Woolfson
President, TelSwitch Inc.
On every post that uses "Prosulting" or "Prosultant" a lawyer once advised me to say:
"Prosulting" and "Prosultant" are service marks of isen.com, LLC.
I'd like to change this, so people who act as Prosultants can use the term more easily. I'd like them to be able to do so without diluting it as a brand. None of the Creative Commons licenses seem to address trade and service marks, which are different in important ways from works of authorship. Anybody have any ideas?
Comments:
Troy, I like the idea, but I am puzzled by one thing; if I posted such a "top ten list" what should it say? -- David I
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