Clay Shirky for PM!
February 1st, 2009
Well, maybe not (or not yet) but this is the best response I’ve seen to the UK government’s interim report on Digital Britain. The report is low on vision, low on ambition (2mb for goodness sake!), shows little understanding of how digital network technology is being used today, and seems far too tied up with sustaining the existing business interests of content providers.
And this, from Peter Cochrane: http://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2009/02/02/234547/carter-report-missed-opportunity-and-muddled-thinking-on-uk.htm