Re: VW

2015-09-27 Thread t byfield
On 25 Sep 2015, at 20:59, Michael Gurstein wrote: Thanks Ted, very useful. I guess what I'm curious about is the motivations, individual and/or corporate thought processes/incentives etc. that underlie the initial decision to go down this path and then the multitude of decisions at various

FW: VW

2015-09-27 Thread Michael Gurstein
Ted and all, Far be it from me to second guess the insight (or well-placed cynicism) of Nettimer folks but dare I say that not all folks who should be, are quite as perspicacious. The flavour of the day in global governance circles--think managing the Internet (ICANN etc.), the environment,

Re: VW

2015-09-27 Thread John Hopkins
This is the way the industry always works when closed-source. This event should remind everyone (and especially consumer associations) how important is to have the industry release its software open-source, down to the firmware and hardware. This must be an imperative especially for But of

Re: VW

2015-09-27 Thread Florian Cramer
It'll be very interesting indeed to hear what the stars of ~German media theory have to say about this. Maybe about as much as most US academics have to say about their role in imposing indentured servitude on subsequent generations... The German state of Lower Saxony owns