[Chapter-delegates] An old story about freedom of the Internet

[Borka Jerman Blazic]

Christian,

You are perfectly right. The thesis for further Internet development in 
the spirit that
governed the development 25 years ago are more or less obsolete due to 
the current
major players on the market. The enormous funding given by the NSF for 
the technical
development of Future Internet have shown no results at all. Similar 
landscape we have
also here in EU. The last talk by John Day (Boston University, the title
of his lecture: A Journey from Science to Craft .... but Getting Back) 
at the Future Internet Assembly in Budapest
(www.future-internet.eu) last week revealed the real status - despite 
the slogan: "From research project
(ARPA) to Critical infrastructure". So, we can not expect much in that 
direction (that was obviously said also
in Geoff Huston articles about IPv6 and the low up taking in the IETF 
journal two years ago).
The players are different now and they have other interests.

regards,

Borka

S, Christian de Larrinaga piše:
> Olivier
>
> The agenda is a time travel capsule back to 1990. Vive Minitel! This is neither about networks nor even connectivity or capacity building but just assuming the application, service and policy agenda (short term) can dictate the development of inter-networks without breaking the very foundation upon which the discussion is being held. It is a substantially naive thesis.
>
> All is not entirely lost as ISOC can talk to Noele Kroes, Larry Lessig, Jimmy Wales, Eric Schmidt, Nigel Shadbolt and many others with some clue on the agenda to remind the conference that that connectivity based on open model is in itself the key benefit that makes Internet the platform that has attracted so many and enabled so much that has powered societal, investment and GDP growth.
>
> Perhaps Marcus Kummer has some advice to offer us? There is no reason why ISOC cannot work behind the scenes to help those on the agenda. I am happy to assist in anyway I can.
>
>
> Christian
>
> On 23 May 2011, at 11:20, Olivier MJ Crepin-Leblond wrote:
>
>> What a lovely multi-stakeholder line-up at the eG8!
>> http://www.eg8forum.com/programme.html
>>
>> Where is the Internet Society?
>>
>> eG8: The Slaughter of The Internet.
>>
>> Kind regards,
>>
>> Olivier
>>
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