[Geowanking] Verizon Location Services Walled Garden

[Kevin Elliott]

I must concur with what Bill has said in response to this. These are not 
new issues, albeit new to some. The fact of the matter is, in order for 
things to change it will require a large consortium of businesses, 
educational institutions, and political parties working together to 
truly open up access to these things. It will be hard to sway anyone of 
forfeiting their bottom line to allow "innovation" to come through.

Tivo is not the sort of organization that many of us hold to be "open."

Regards,

Kevin Elliott
Integrated Living Spaces, LLC


Bill Kearney wrote:
>> In regard to the "open garden" issue - we are starting to see the big
>> companies do their proprietary number and shut out any innovation that
>>     
> they
>   
>> do not control.
>>     
>
> "starting to see", where have YOU BEEN for the past two decades?  They've
> been holding location and other data services hostage for per-packet ransom
> since day one.  There's no end in sight either.
>
>   
>> This whole move to charge for bandwidth is an innovation
>> killer.
>>     
>
> What a stunning grasp of the incredibly obvious status quo, going on 20
> years now.
>
>   
>> Only Tivo has
>> been true to the spirit of a partially open platform.
>>     
>
> I'm sure there's an audience that buys perspectives like this.  But I'm
> thinking this isn't it.
>
> -Bill Kearney
> Syndic8.com
>