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An over-enthusiastic adviser to presidential hopeful John McCain was heard bragging how McCain, the guy who doesn’t know how to send an e-mail or use a computer, helped create the BlackBerry. Douglas Holtz-Eakin was later called a “bone-headed staffer” by a top aide for insinuating that McCain’s work with the Senate Commerce Committee directly facilitated advances in the U.S telecommunications sector to that extent. This mirrors some statements back during Gore’s electoral campaign, who made similar indirect claims the creation of the internet.
As funny as it might be to imagine McCain right next to Mike Lazaridis 15 years ago working on early prototypes in the lab, this is really just a matter of the wrong people talking too loud. Obviously politics has their role to play in how technology gets disseminated, but let’s not make a mountain out of a mole-hill, here.
[Via: Tucson Citizen]
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Simon Sage
Simon Sage’s education largely surrounded writing, technology and online community, leading him to begin his blogging career at www.BlackBerryCool.com and to quickly discover a vibrant and active community surrounding BlackBerry and mobile technology. In exploring RIM’s platform, he has learned what enterprises are looking for in mobility as well as what makes the innocuous BlackBerry so appealing to them. Recently Simon’s been covering RIM’s gradual move into an already-crowded consumer market, and the impact of burgeoning challengers, such as the iPhone, as well as long-time leaders, like Nokia, on BlackBerry’s advancement. With plenty of content under his belt, Simon will be branching off a bit to see what other smartphone manufacturers are working on while still using BlackBerry as a barometer. At IntoMobile, you can count on his posts being even-handed, well-informed and thought-out.
