roundtable: Re: Got a list if you want it...yes...

roundtable: Re: Got a list if you want it...yes...

Re: Got a list if you want it...yes...

jronay@bga.com
Thu, 9 Mar 1995 07:42:46 -0600 

Date: Thu, 9 Mar 1995 07:42:46 -0600
Message-Id: <199503091342.HAA09723@zoom.bga.com>
To: roundtable@cni.org
From: jronay@bga.com
Subject: Re: Got a list if you want it...yes...


Thanks Richard...

Richard K. Moore <rkmoore@iol.ie> writes:
>
>At 3:45 PM 3/06/95, jronay@bga.com wrote:
>>
>>Perhaps.  The "elite" will play where they wish..  1st, 2nd, 3rd, or
>>4th wave.  They will play where they get the leverage just like all
>>humans.  How would the outcome differ should the list below be altered?
>>What would the list look like and why?
>
>
>I'd like to have seen people like:
>     o  Vint Cerf of Internet Society
>     o  Stewart Brand of The Well
>     o  someone from CPSR
>     o  Phil Agre
>     o  someone active in community networks
>     o  someone from CP
> 
>G7 turned out to be one of those hardware vendors' conferences, 
>lacking representation from users and the software community.

Yes, it is a significant "lacking" considering that if you combine the 
software producers and users it represents the largest single population 
group in the US.  Note, for example, that there are more than 4000 
software companies in Texas alone, employing well over 100,000 people 
and generating more than $14 billion.   Second only to Calif.  Combine 
the top ten states (see D & B figures) you will see some impressive 
numbers.  

Perhaps John Mancini of AEA might be an interesting candidate.  I 
could find 10 seasoned folks in Texas from our vast telcom, software, 
and chip production industries.  Mike Nelson's comments on top of 
Marc R's suggests the targets of concern are academically correct but 
they also cry (historically) loudly for input from users and the smaller 
companies - most of whom cannot pay the freight to enjoy the excitment 
of Buenos Aires or Brussels.  

I'm sure that all the appropriate issues were, in fact, raised.  It's the 
broad community of interests that may be missing in this bake off...  

 
James E. Ronay
Synergistic Solution Technologies, Inc.  
(512) 331-2028  :   Fax - same
Intelligent/complex software & database development

"If your position is everywhere, your momentum is zero".

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