Bob Frankston, agent provocateur, says Skype is the Future of Connectivity, not IP2. He points out that the edge connectivity of Skype is mobile by default, doesn’t require meshing, and implicitly includes a distributed directory. Encryption allows connectivity without having to trust intermediaries.
Most importantly, Bob identifies that the real value for EBay may be in the creation of a trust community that frustrates phishing and local gatekeepers.
Cool!
Alec Saunders is the Vice President of Developer Relations for BlackBerry make Research in Motion. This is his personal blog, with his personal viewpoints. Prior to this Alec was the CEO and co-founder of Calliflower — the easiest way to hold a meeting, online, on a conference call, or on the go. A double-decade veteran of product management and marketing, he spent nine years at Microsoft where he helped launch Windows 95, the first two versions of Internet Explorer, the Universal Plug and Play initiative, the push into home markets, opt-in email marketing and what might well go down in history as the very first direct email list ever.
