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IP: Networked Economy Conference - Day 2
From: David Farber <farber () central cis upenn edu>
Date: Wed, 13 Sep 1995 21:40:05 -0400
Date: Wed, 13 Sep 1995 20:37:42 -0500 From: shaynes () research westlaw com (Steve Haynes) To: farber () central cis upenn edu Dave - Second day's installment. Not as much recorded, partly because I spent some pleasant time chatting with John Gage, partly because I had to leave early, and partly because it just wasn't as interesting today (with a few exceptions). Steve Haynes * Stephen L. Haynes Internet: shaynes () research westlaw com * Manager, WESTLAW Research MCI Mail: 221-3969 * & Development Compuserve: 76236,3547 * West Publishing Company Phone: 612/687-5770 * 610 Opperman Drive Fax: 612/687-7907 * Eagan, MN 55123 ---------------------------------- MEETING: Networked Economy Conference DATE: Wednesday, September 13, 1995 LOCATION: Mayflower Hotel, Washington DC ------------------------------------- Bon Mots: Ed McCracken: [On personality tests] many of us in the computer industry turn out to be "head-centered," but we need to deal with the 2/3s of the world that are "heart-centered." Russell Daggatt: "There are more phones in Manhattan than in all of Africa." [?] Diana Dougan: "If there was an Information Revolution, it's over: information won." "We speak of telemedicine, but I can't tell you the number of countries -- starting with Japan -- for which it is illegal for a doctor to be compensated unless he personally meets with the patient." Mike Nelson: "I have this vision of a future legislative system, using hypermedia, where you can click on each line, and it will say, 'This legislative provision brought to you by ....'" "In the year 2000, I hope the Vice President has won the election -- I can't think of a better President for the year 2000." Richard Stern (Director, Industry and Energy Department, The World Bank): "Let me first tell you my qualifications [in answering a question about the Year 2000]: I've spent all my life trying to predict the future, and I've invariably gotten it wrong." Remarks: Lester Alberthal (EDS): The government's proper role is to assure the protection for intellectual property. Ed McCracken: The roots of technology of the future will lie in the video game world. Commented on TAFIES [?]: Technologically Advantaged FamilIES. The class in the US best positioned to succeed in the next generation. Panel: Gage: Gilder in Forbes article says 1990-95 belongs to Bill Gates, but a shift occurs in 1995 that will change the paradigm. That shift comes from Mark Andreesen and the change of focus from a local, isolated PC to Web content delivered dynamically, in small aplets. Horowitz: Lauds the IPWG White Paper on Intellectual Property. McCracken seconded. Gilhooly (moderator) notes contrast with Barlow comments from previous day. McCracken was noncommittal on whether he and SGI would take the lead in pressuring government to change its encryption policies. Gage pointed out the wide variety of encryption technologies available to anyone on the Web. He commented that Sun has been offered fully- encrypted data storage facilities by at least three offshore data havens. [John, if you are listening, what were those havens?][John later mentioned efforts involving various Caribbean island tax havens; apparently individuals named Joichi Ito and Eric Hughes are involved; Ito has a Web page (?).] Gage was his usual erudite self describing the challenges the Net poses to broadcasters, the tax man, autocratic governments, publishers, etc. Gage: "I have two homework assignments for you: First, to understand where the next [human] generation is headed, download Doom from the Net and play it; second, go to your kid's school, and pull a wire from the telephone junction box to the library, to understand what it takes to wire a single school installation." Diana Dougan: We need to look beyond teledensity [telephones per 1,000 citizens] in developing countries. The measurement should include pagers, PCs, etc. Panel ("Toward the Global Information Infrastructure 2000"): Peter Cowhey (FCC): To the extent the Internet becomes a medium for broadcast, many countries will find a concern with this in that they are more interested in regulating the content of broadcast than in regulating its spectrum. [My apologies, but I had to leave early, so if there were pithy comments offered after my departure, they are lost to these readers.] MEETING NOTES
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