tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-492174345240444269.post3498624851213284020..comments2023-09-09T14:46:37.354+02:00Comments on Julien Frisch: The role of ICT - or how to produce an irrelevant paper for the EU CouncilJulien Frischhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18167141111642456560noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-492174345240444269.post-72357458172611554622009-03-27T11:56:00.000+01:002009-03-27T11:56:00.000+01:00In fact, I don't attack the issue itself, I am att...In fact, I don't attack the issue itself, I am attacking this paper with is so general and politically unambitious that I regard it as a waste of time.Julien Frischhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18167141111642456560noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-492174345240444269.post-35980776327078959922009-03-27T08:08:00.000+01:002009-03-27T08:08:00.000+01:00Really Julian ! Are you not getting to be too hars...Really Julian ! Are you not getting to be too harsh on what you call 'remnants of the EU presidency'?<BR/> In his last point: .....<BR/>ยง In what form should the European policy for information society and the media incorporate the fight against the crisis and the potential of the ICT?......<BR/><BR/>Fight 'against crisis' is new , but 'fight against potential of ICT' is going on in Europe for quite a while,<BR/>lomg before CR got their shot at it :-)<BR/><BR/>Just from the top of my head: I recall, in 2005 city of Prague wanted to provide free WI-FI access to all, and that was shot down in Brussels, when the mobile operators asked for 'protection of their invesments' in CR. Competition is artificially limited by selling the bandwith to private companies, which then use them to generate obscene profits ... which they use to lobby for restrictions..Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16849051816164620215noreply@blogger.com