short takes.

On voice over DSL: "VoDSL fundamentally changes the business model for CLECs by providing them with an economic means for offering voice services in addition to data services. CLECs are not the only winners. ILECs will also be better positioned to offer affordable services to the growing small-business market and will be able to utilize their existing copper more efficiently."--Peter Meade, senior analyst, Cahners In-Stat Group's advanced carrier strategy service.

On enterprise resource management: "Like the mighty dinosaurs that once roamed and ruled the Earth, the era of Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) systems as it exists today is over! ... Current monolithic ERP systems can only function as transaction and reporting tools."--Reuven Battat, president of interBiz Solutions, a division of Computer Associates International, Inc.