On 9/22/13 11:35 AM, Scott Brim wrote: > I like what Christian said. Also, perhaps we should figure out how to > unbundle services and monetize what we can. > > On Sep 22, 2013 1:38 PM, "Christian Huitema" <huit...@microsoft.com > <mailto:huit...@microsoft.com>> wrote: > > >> Yes. $$$. Nobody makes much/any money off email because it is > >> so de-centralized. People who build wonderful new applications > >> build them in a centralized way so that they can control them. > >> And they want to control them so that they can monetize them. > > > > That is even true of the large email providers who are happy to > > provide "free" email in return for being able leverage their > > other products and/or "sell" the users and user base to > > advertisers. > > It is very true that innovation can only be sustained with a revenue > stream. But we could argue that several services have now become > pretty much standardized, with very little additional innovation > going on.
There are it most be said enormous economies of scale that are hard to ignore. > Those services are prime candidates for an open and > distributed implementation. I mean, could a WG design a service that > provides a stream of personal updates and a store of pictures and is > only accessible to my friends? And could providers make some > business by selling personal servers, or maybe personal virtual > servers? Maybe I am a dreamer, but hey, nothing ever happens if you > don't dream of it! > > -- Christian Huitema > >
