RE: [kFW] Draft letter to DTI asking for support...

[Daniel Harris <daniel@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi John and All,

At 14:25 30/07/2002 +0100, John McHugh wrote:
>... are you aware of the technology currently being utilised by our channel
>partners at Servecast. They have a deal with Clipstream... Is this where 
Kendra is going?

Is this where *you* want Kendra to go? Remember we're format agnostic so 
anything goes. So, cool.

I'd love to get Clipserve content up on our Network Trial but my priority 
is to get the Kendra Foundation sorted first. Then, from a *solid* basis, 
we'll start to improve and expand the trials.

So for the moment why not get Servecast (or yourselves (or both)) to host 
some test content for the Network Trial. That would be cool - we need to 
grow the number of servers in the trial. So when potential funders take a 
look at the project they can see people actively participating.

>I know it's a commercial proposition but worth a look...

Hold on John! ;-) What's wrong with a 'commercial proposition'? Kendra is 
all about 'commercial proposition'. Yes, the Kendra project is being run in 
a non-profit way but the resulting Kendra system is about making money for 
content owners and service providers. Is that not coming across? Kendra is 
not about content at no cost (unless the content owner so chooses) and it's 
not about services at no cost (unless the service provider so chooses). And 
in some cases it could be that the content consumer gets paid - who knows? 
Kendra is all about seeing revenue flow. So, cool.

Cheers Daniel