Homework for the week of March 29


Project:

The final project report on the first project is due April 5, and the white paper for the second project is due in late April (exact date depends on the date of your debate). Be working on them!

Discussion forum:

Participate in the discussion (on the class discussion forum) on topics raised by the instructors for this week. You are also encouraged to raise new topics for discussion. This week ends the first half of the course, so the discussion forum contributions through this week will be graded next week.

Homework questions:

Post your answers to the homework questions, which are also posted on the discussion forum, during the week. Again, they will be graded next week.

Readings:

Information Rules:

Chapter 9 Waging a Standards War

From the Networked Applications reader that was passed out in class:

None

From Hal Varian's reader sold at Copy Central on Bancroft:

None

Web-based resources:

Jini connection technology

Project reports from previous classes

Industry cooperation

Optional readings:

Project reports from previous classes:

MP3 and the music industry

Additional discussion of lecture topics this week can be found in Networked Applications (the softcover book):

Sections 9.3 and 9.4 give further background and details on interoperability and portability middleware

Scholarly papers:

None