Obama wins democratic nod whats going to happen to technology

This one is interesting, with the democratic race sewn up for the presidential primary, who has a more comprehensive technology platform, McCain or Obama. It is still Obama who actually has a technology platform to work with.

Read Obama’s technology platform here and it is enough to warm up the hearts of many folks who want a free and open internet. As well as acknowledging that we have a generation of people who are hitting the job market who know how to use the internet. Web 2.0 over the last few years has transformed how we do things, along with updating our infrastructure to manage all the content that is coming as well as what is already here.

John McCain does not have a technology platform on his web site, there is no way to tell how he plans on integrating technology, updating, or otherwise using technology to further American business.

That is the sharp demarcation between the two candidates for people who follow technology, one who acknowledges we have technology and can use it to our benefit, and a candidate that does not have a plan on his web site. Frankly we would love to see some kind of platform on McCains web site about where he wants to take technology.

There are a lot of questions that need to be answered that only an informed policy can provide. Right now we are seeing a subtle erosion of what we can do in relationship to fair use, copyright, time shifting, reselling, and a host of other things we can do with the materials, entertainment and goods that we purchase. The head long collision between corporations and users that we have all been suffering under requires a strong leader to bring some sanity back to where we are going with Web 2.0.

Maybe we will get lucky, at least there is one candidate left on the field that has an idea of what they want to do. As well Obama has been very effective in using the internet to get the word out, something to think about as we vote in five months. If you can use it, or have those around you use the internet effectively, we might just stand a chance at copyright reform, patent reform, data portability, security, privacy, education, and just about everything else that relies on technology today.

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