Newly liberated ex-Wayport, ex-Musenki, ex-Vivato engineer Jim Thompson outs Wayport's hardware secret: Jim notes in his new blog that Wayport's success is definitely partly dependent on its choice long-ago of 802.11b (radical at the time) and Linux. Jim imagines having to fly out and remotely fix thousands of Windows-based authentication and billing modules when Windows viruses and worms hit -- not a problem for Wayport because of their non-MS infrastructure.
Jim was CTO at Wayport for several years, and his work at Musenki led to the bridging box that Vivato sells now.