Esther Dyson on the Value of Attention

Christian Ahlert writes "OpenBusiness talked to Esther Dyson about how business models are adapting to an internet environment that champions openness. Esther's upcoming PC Forum focuses on how users are transforming the internet and placing new demands on businesses. From Open Source to Open Content, new forms of organization, production and distribution are emerging. But how can these ventures produce a revenue and sustain themselves? For how long can we give content away for free?"

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Estie Estie Estie...

[Anonymous Coward]

Two years before ICANN was created word got to me that "If you guys don't straighten out this DNS mess the CIA is gonna send Ester in to fix this".

Darling Estie never kept any appointment with me and apparantly doesn't read email she responds to. She spammed me for two years before I blacklisted her domain.

I can't recall being more disappoined in any human I ever wanted to meet. Utterly vacuous. Whatever she says, do the opposite which you probably thought was the right thing to do in the first place.

Usenet has been providing free answers for a quarter century. What's she up to now? Whatever it is, I promise you she's "invested" in it.

Anon for a reason. Sorry. I've read Barris' book.

Re:Estie Estie Estie...

[Orrin Bloquy]

My brother worked with her. I wish you were trolling, but you aren't. She invested in boondoggle after boondoggle without doing any homework, picked her toes at board meetings, cursed us with the term "Web 2.0," and in general establishes herself as the tech world's Paris Hilton: a vacuous faux-blonde trading off her father's name without actually achieving anything. Faith Popcorn with less substance.

Mod me down if you care to.