Re: NN?

["Aaron Swartz" <xx@aaronsw.com>]

hmm. I can't stand Vint and I'm not alone on that. Felten would be a
lot of fun; don't know his politics, tho

On Wed, Jan 7, 2009 at 10:24 PM, Carl Malamud <xxxxxxx@media.org> wrote:
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> On Jan 7, 2009, at 7:19 PM, Aaron Swartz wrote:
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>> yeah, who else would be a good name for cto?
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> I still think Vint would be wonderful.
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> Felten could pull it off.
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> There are a variety of corporate types that could pull this off (think
> various google sr. vp types ... not known for policy but could grow into
> it).
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> I suppose a died-and-gone-to-heaven type could be good (Bill Joy, for
> example).  Maybe Danny Hillis?
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> The trick is finding somebody with real tech creds but also somebody who
> could wave banners on net neutrality, etc.   Which is why I think Vint (if
> he had really strong staff) could do this.
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> I could do it, of course, but I'm on nobody's short list.  :))
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> Carl
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