Schmidt and Obama’s technology advisor Julius Genachowski made a stop in Charlottesville yesterday in an effort to garner support for the presidential candidate and his technology policies. The pair spoke on a wide variety of issues from income disparity to using the Internet as a means for civic engagement, but the primary focus was Obama’s technology policies.
Obama “sees technology as the key part of a solution to almost every problem we face,” Genachowski said. “He believes in using technology to make the government more transparent, more participatory and thus more effective.”
Schmidt also noted that Obama attained his current level of success at least partly because of the Internet.
“When he started out, he didn’t have enough money for blanket TV ads,” Schmidt said, noting that Obama therefore used the Internet to rally support and collect donations.
Praising Obama’s desire to expand high-speed Internet access, Schmidt also said even though the Democratic Party tends to support smaller businesses and the Republican Party’s goals tend to be more in line with those of CEOs such as himself, Obama’s vision for technology and business defies those boundaries.
According to Obama’s Web site, Obama “strongly support[s] the principle of network neutrality to preserve the benefits of open competition on the Internet” and wants to “ensure [American] goods and services are treated fairly in foreign markets.” The site also states that Obama wishes to “encourage a modern communications infrastructure, prepare all of our children for a 21st century economy,” “improve America’s competitiveness,” and “employ science and technology to solve our nation’s most pressing problems.” ...
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