Mike Gilman then emailed me with this:

Dave,

BLUF: "WAVE solves the problem by converting all communications into packets on the IP network, and using industry standard protocols - H.323; Session Initiation Protocol - and transport standards - Radio Transmission Control and Real Time Control Protocol."

But not really! Most of this effort has gone into morphing a neat technology but neglecting the business rules for use. If you remember when we first started using IWS, Groove, Infwork space, Net meeting, and the like, the business rules were typically overlooked and what we experienced was people stepping on each other's transmissions, folks hogging the mic promoting their agenda which forced the collaboration technology community to seek to structure the collaboration meetings.

Now if you change the context to a fire fight and have disparate parties listening in on the conversations, I dare to say that the Warfighter handling the situation does not want everyone in the world having both listening and transmitting capability when he is trying to deliver fire, maneuver, and keep his people from getting the butts handed to them.

A very good idea but devoid of operational input and the various contexts that would be optimal and those that would be a liability.

"All from the mind of Michael"

Mike G