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Lecture Eighteen--ICS 131--Win 2000--8 Mar 00

Review of Lecture Seventeen

Ethics II--"Ten" commandments

1. On-line ethics = Off-line ethics

2. Be open, be honest, be candid

3. Don't oversell

3.5 Don't assume too much (about users)

4. Respect intellectual property

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5. What should you assume about others?

(ethical intentions) 6. Don't take advantage of people

7. Live up to your promises

8. Don't disrupt

(protect systems against disruption) 9. ?
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The Future Hardware

Software

Communication

Applications

Impacts

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Hardware(Technology, Cost, Availability)

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Chips

Systems

Sony Playstation 2

Microsoft "X" project

Toys

Quantum computing Robinson, Sara. Gauging the Limits of

Quantum Computing. NY Times. 7Mar00. D3

Bennett, Charles H. et al. Quantum Cryptography.

Scientific American. Special issue. 1995. 164-171.

Bio Computing

"The New Intel". Reinhardt, Andy. Business Week.

13 Mar 00. 110-124

Five groups:

1. Computer processors

2. Networking chips

modems,

network interface cards

switches

routers

(Broadcom, Conexant)

3. Communication products Ethernet hubs

small networking switches

routers

PC-based phone systems

4. New businesses web hosting

etc

5. Information appliances screen phones

e-mail terminals

TV set-top boxes

Good strategy?

Software

Java, aplets, i.e., platform independence

Open software

Software reuse

Productivity software

Software rentals

ICS Research Projects

Software tools

Smart translators

On-the-fly improvements

"...[S]hift in control of service development

from software centers

to customer and user sites."

"... [G]reater globalization of development teams and

greater user involvement in system delivery."

"...[C]hange from one view of quality to

many different views,

each taking a different approach to evaluation."

"...[C]hange in attitude toward

software development and business practice

to improve acceptance and use of new technology."

"...[C]hange from an inability to predict

service behavior to managing complexity."

Brereton, Pearl, et al. The Future of Software.

CACM, Dec 99. 78-84
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Communication

Wireless

Speeds

Economics: Cost, pricing

Free internet access

Flynn, Laurie. Internet Providers

Look for Profit in Free Access.

NY Times. 6 Mar 00. C3

Multi-media
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Applications Distance learning

E-commerce, retail, B2B

Robots

Embedded systems

CSCW

Bio-informatics

Distribution of music

Harmon, Amy. Potent Software Escalates

Music Industry Jitters. NY Times. 7 Mar 00.

A1, C6

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Implications Privacy McCarthy, Michael. You Assumed 'Erase' Wiped

Out That Rant Against the Boss? Nope.

WSJ. 7Mar00. A1, A16

Security--Encryption

Bulkeley, William. VeriSign Is Clicking With

Its Encryption Outsourcing. WSJ. 7Mar00. B4

Safety-critical

Human-Computer Interface

Zuckerman, Laurence. Making Computers

Relate To Their Human Partners.

NY Times. 4Mar00. A15,A17

Ethics

Economy--Impact on

Employment

Education

Intellectual property, copyright

Odds and Ends

Questions for Review Session

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Monday, 13 March