Alan Davidson Services Quotations

The Internet has flourished as the most revolutionary communications medium in history, based on a model where carriers do not interfere or choose what people do online. Even simply picking winners among services threatens the basic Internet model of communications, where users get to decide which services are the most important to them.

We ought to build systems that encourage 911 location services but that are not just personal tracking systems.

Some of the most valuable new services won't be competitive.

Consumers won't use systems they don't trust. Location services monitor movement and habits, something many consumers may not want known.