Dave Winer: If All Else Fails, Simply Make Stuff Up
All too typical behavior by Dave Winer today. Blake Ross, the 19-year-old Firefox developer, has received venture capital funding for a venture that so far doesn’t have a public name or business model — no one knows yet exactly what Ross’ company will produce. Which gives Winer plenty of opportunity just to make shit up and try to draw Ross into the battle over the Google Toolbar,
From the Isn’t-It-Totally-Obvious Department
Business 2.0 wonders why Sequoia Capital invested in a startup founded by the 19-year-old who turned Mozilla into Firefox. Isn’t it obvious? Adware. The best place to bake it in is in the browser itself. He who controls the browser gets the money, now that Google has broken the barrier. The ads move from the Web page into the browser, and so does the money. How long before the “content industry” figures this out? All of a sudden the NY Times buyout of About.Com looks like a really bad deal.
Ah, such behavior from someone who complains about every little perceived sleight in stories about him. I guess the standards Dave expects of the major media when reporting about him just don’t apply to Blake Ross.
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Mar 2nd, 2005
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