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Originally Posted by Peter N
Did I really say that?
" We're.. always using (the Web) as an integration platform and a collaboration platform, rather than just seeing it as a rather opportunistic punt." - Hugo Drayton CEO UK Phorm Speaking in February 2004 when he was Manager of the Telegraph Group of newspapers.
Amazing how some people lose their principles when you wave a few fivers in front of them.
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Interesting, a quick Google for
quotes by Hugo Drayton also reveals a sincerely held concern for protecting private business from negative impact;
Where [BBC] is not helping UK plc is in doing anything that has a negative impact on private businesses in Britain," said Hugo Drayton, chairman of the British Internet Publishers' Association. "Selling ads is not very helpful and is clearly detrimental to others."
Rather like Phorm really. What business would want their private unencrypted communications with their customers intercepted, and the marketing intelligence used to sell advertising for lazy competitors? That would have a negative impact on private business in Britain, and clearly be detrimental.