The Itanium architecture was essentially built with the motto: Just ship it, we'll fix it in post. But the amazing compilers that would save us from the sinking ship just never appeared.
Posts by Ryan Brooks
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GCC 15 to keep Itanium support for now, after all
iPhone anti-malware stuck in state of denial
Is this the world's dirtiest PC?
US telco: 'Public broadband is illegal'

our Fiber initiative in Lafayette
Yes, we were one of the first cities to try and build a fiber network and, so far, plans seem to be bopping along... the interesting bit was when we started.
BellSouth (prior to the AT&T accquisition) filed a suit, just like you would expect a Telco to do.
Cox Communications, on the other hand, decided to compete! I have cox at my house for cable, internet, and phone and... you would not *believe* the amount of advertising that cox does to its own customers! During almost *every* commercial break on almost *every* channel (that has commercials) there is a 30 second Cox ad that talks about Cox Advanced Fiber.
Additionally, at least once a show there is a 30 second Cox ad that talks about the DTV switchover and how "you" (the cable-viewing customer) doesn't need to do anything about it. They seem to be pitching themselves as the solution to the switchover, as there's no mention of the converter boxes to pull down the broadcast signals.
So... while Cox customers are always a little baffled when their rates go up 6 months after they sign up (didn't you know that was a introductory offer?), at least they're not lodging frivolous legal complaints to try and stop real progress.
:)