This morning we’ll have a chat about the impact of Google’s announcement of Google App Engine a couple of days. We couldn’t get to it yesterday! At first blush, it looks like a competitor to Amazon Web Services, but with some differences. And some argue that the real target is Facebook. My question … where’s Microsoft in all of this?
We’ll also talk about the FCC’s decision last week to deny the Skype Open Access petition. Chairman Martin said that networks were opening up all by themselves. He had the power to enact a “Carterfone” and chose not to.
See you at 11!
Alec Saunders is the Vice President of Developer Relations for BlackBerry maker 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.
