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Monday, May 17, 2004
Wired 12.05: Poindexter Confidential
Wired 12.05: Poindexter Confidential
http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/12.05/poindexter.html
"John Poindexter's career has played out in the headlines: Iran-Contra conspirator, the Pentagon's Big Brother in chief, godfather of a futures market to predict terrorism. But there's an alternate reality: The 67-year-old retired admiral is the only serious technologist ever to reach the highest circles of power in Washington. He's a Caltech PhD who two decades ago dragged the White House into the digital age, plugging in everything from fiber-optic video to email. He uses Groove Networks' Workspace to keep in touch with friends and rhapsodizes about encryption like a cypherpunk. In the first interview since Congress forced him to step down last summer as head of DARPA's Information Awareness Office, Poindexter speaks out about privacy, sim terrorists, and Iraqi WMD."
If Adm. Poindexter uses Groove, it's a kind of recommendation so I checked out the software and found it very interesting, both in its P2P concept and in its potential future impact on IT. After trying it over the weekend, I see I will probably become a Groove user.
Herb 4:58 PM
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