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REGISTERing a difference

May 16, 2003 1:56 PM - comments (4)


So the Register has a piece about my post yesterday, attacking Dr. Pangloss and his predictions that the Internet will save us all from the dangers of media concentration. Midway through, Andrew Orlowski writes, "'The Internet is dying,' he writes." Actually, that's not quite what I wrote, the quotes not withstanding. What I wrote was: "'The Internet' that is to be the savior is a dying breed." That is, the "end-to-end Internet," where the edge holds the intelligence, is a dying breed. Something called "the Internet" will be with us forever, so in that sense, "the Internet" will never die. But the end-to-end internet (the only internet that really matters to any important issue) is a more fragile beast.

Posted on May 16, 2003 1:56 PM | | technorati

Comments (4)

May 16, 2003 3:26 PM Karl:

I agree with your argument in the post below (re: Pangloss), and I think the clarification you make here (re: end-to-end) should be obvious to anyone who has had any exposure to your books. That's why I submitted the article to Slashdot. I hope I didn't cause anyone to misinterpret your meaning by my submission.

-kd

May 17, 2003 9:48 AM Igor Lev:

I was just wondering. If the SCO lawsuit is brought down by the fact that they had unwittingly released the Linux kernel modifications by distributing their own Linux version, would that not be taken as a call to arms by Microsoft? Have they not been clamoring over this "virus-like" nature of the GPL for a long time. This would just be taken as a broad enough, for every ceo to understand, example that they can flaunt while scarring companies to stay away from the GPL in particular( and I'm sure they can make it seem as though all Open Source has the same problems to less knowledgable listeners).

May 17, 2003 9:50 AM Igor Lev:

I apologize. I have placed the above comment in a completely wrong place. Again sorry for the confusion.

May 17, 2003 12:45 PM Lessig:

Karl, not at all. thanks.

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