The need for a Rosetta stone in architecture

We are many human beings around the globe that speaks different languages and within our profession is it the same. We use different words to describe same things and same words to describe different things. Tube, Subway and Metro are common word to describe a rail-transportation system in cities and their surroundings. If you as a Swede ask a german speaking colleague for öl, you will probably get oil instead of the supposed beer.

 

Can telcos disrupt themselves?

How hard is it for a company or an industry sector to disrupt themselves? Let us look at an example from Telecom.

Mobile phones are build to support voice calls and SMS as they did as twenty five years ago. The mobiles  just got smaller, lighter and cheaper compared to the old car-phone when using them as a phone