Olsen -- Thanks for your concern. Let me explain: I had to leave OFC early, unexpectedly, due to a personal matter. I do have more notes up my sleeve that I haven't had time to deal with yet.
That's particularly true of 40/100G, where I think I may simply write up a report (or a really long list) of vendors' stated timetables. A discussion of whether 40G coherent will have a substantial lifespan would be good too. The to-do list is brimming, and I do feel bad about cutting my week short.
As for the ROADMs being "old news all over," I don't believe I've written anything of the sort! Gridless is an up-and-coming, interesting feature, as is NxN.
(Thing about gridless is, it sounds like WSS vendors will be compelled to support it, but there's a chance the systems vendors won't ever need it. Hm.)
Nistica also claims to also be shipping gridless WSSs to customers. I thought Ashish Vengsarkar had told me so earlier in the week, but I didn't have time to circle back and confirm. I'll update the story sometime over the weekend.
Does this pretty much sum up LRs coverage of this years OFC/NFOEC?
Maybe you should change name to "Mobile Reading"? The front page has been flooded with CTIA 2010 articles, and the event in San Diego seems to be forgotten (apart from ROADMS which pretty much is presented by Craig as old news all over).
re: OFC/NFOEC: For ROADMs, Less Is Moreolsen: Perhaps the folks who coordinate OFC/NFOEC would be interested in hearing from you before they set the schedule for next year. We try to cover as much as we can with what we have, but it only makes sense to devote more coverage to what is proportionally a bigger part of our audience.
OFC/NFOEC is still a big deal to us. It's a shame the organizers seem to think the show exists in a vacuum.
re: "Maybe you should change name to 'Mobile Reading?' The front page has been flooded with CTIA 2010 articles, and the event in San Diego seems to be forgotten (apart from ROADMS which pretty much is presented by Craig as old news all over)."
Check with them too. I think they could do it.