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From: "John Ryan" <john.conor.ryan@gmail.com>
Date: January 5, 2009 7:49:21 PM EST
To: dave@farber.net
Subject: Re: [IP] Digest 1.1930 for ip
Dave: in everything (or nearly everything) I've read about the Obama CTO, it's assumed, as implicit, that the T stands for IT. Need it? Should not a cabinet-level or cabinet-advisory CTO also consider biotech, energy, transportation, ...
Thus, the apparently terrific Washington IT guy might be qualified as a CITO, but come on folks, as much as I like IT, surely we're missing some of the picture. Shouldn't the CTO also, like many CTOs in 'real life' have to look at what technologies to invest in strategically? And a national IP (not Internet Protocol but Intellectual Property) policy? These are larger issues than 'just' IT.
John Ryan
(COO Pixel Qi, but that's not why I'm writing)
jpr@pixelqi.com