Another example of holding back Internet innovation

[David Farber <dave () farber net>]

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From: "Richard M. Smith" <rms () computerbytesman com>
Date: June 27, 2004 10:21:19 AM EDT
To: dave () farber net
Subject: Another example of holding back Internet innovation

Hi,

Innovation in Internet technologies continue to make people nervous.  
The
latest example comes from Slashdot (http://tinyurl.com/2kx8p).  The U.S.
Weather Service has set up an experimental XML service to provide 
weather
data on a NOAA Web site to the public, commercial services, and 
researchers:

   http://weather.gov/xml/

This move apparently has gotten the commercial weather industry all hot 
and
bothered:

   http://www.weatherindustry.org/Comment-Letter-042204.doc

It appears that established players in the commercial weather industry 
feel
threaten by the NOAA XML Web service and are joining together to 
restrict
new entries into the market for weather services which would use this 
XML
Web service and similar Internet technologies.

Attached are my comments to NOAA in response to the WeatherIndustry.org 
plea
letter.

Richard M. Smith
http://www.ComputerBytesMan.com

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-----Original Message-----
From: Richard M. Smith [mailto:rms () computerbytesman com]
Sent: Sunday, June 27, 2004 9:56 AM
To: fairweather () noaa gov; DL.Johnson () noaa gov;
Conrad.C.Lautenbacher () noaa gov; devans () doc gov
Cc: myersb () accuweather com; rms () computerbytesman com
Subject: My comments on the Proposed Policy on Partnerships

Hello,

I am sending a quick note to say that I am very supportive of NOAA's new
Proposed Policy on Partnerships in the Provision of Weather, Water, 
Climate
and Related Environmental Information.  I particularly like the leading 
edge
work that NOAA is doing with the National Digital Forecast Database XML 
Web
Service (http://weather.gov/xml/).  I see this service fostering many 
new
innovative services and research in the private sector, among weather
hobbyists, and in universities.

Thank you,
Richard M. Smith
http://www.ComputerBytesMan.com

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