With the new year comes the evaluate-everything-and-assess-life. In the news world, this means lists of "best" and "worst" from the previous year. Now, I'm the first one to step up and criticize my own industry/company/social group/career path/color choices and I certainly don't begrudge others doing the same. But if you are going to be bitchy, at least be accurate. PCMag posts its top 15 disappointments for the year and my company/industry are #14. But then you read the fine print:

"Then public and private WiMax ventures started dropping like flies. Sprint and Clearwire called off their plans to build a nationwide WiMax network, after Sprint CEO Gary "bet the company on WiMax" Forsee got canned last October. Earlier this year EarthLink bailed on its offer to foot the bill for a Wi-Fi network in San Francisco."

Um, WiMAX isn't Muni-WiFi. Sure, they both have "wi" in their name and are, in fact, wireless, but the similarity ends there. My RAN friends and colleagues tell me that the radio link differences are immense. And I can say, as the guy trying to design the authentication for a WiMAX Core Network, the differences on my end are substantial.

Maybe PCMag felt like "10" wasn't enough of a list, but they were definitely stretched thin at 15.

Happy New Year!