Martin Geddes’ An Ugly Picture In A Gold Frame highlights the different worldviews that the internet and network operator camps have. Worth a read, along with his commentary on the KPN presentation that preceded it. His commentary on social value of common services is particularly scathing too: “the roads don’t generate much profit either, and we aren’t metering the turds as they flow down the sewers and billing based on how much curry you ate. But the purpose of such common infrastructure is to enable the rest of commerce and society to operate.”
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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.
