I get impatient. Last night I partied with two old friends and a new one, Adam Curry, the former video jock of MTV, and now CTO of OnRamp. A famous face, a young bright man with great stories. He quickly became a celebrity. MTV was as it appeared, 100-percent commercial.
Stars have big egos and big power.
Michael Jackson wanted to be known as the King of Pop, so there was a rule at MTV that when you mentioned his name, the tagline had to follow. I dig music. As with search engines, I care little about the money, a few ads are OK, unless they interfere with the human connection by permeating the stuff that's not supposed to be commercial. The software business is even more commercial than the music business. In this world we worship corporations, the CEOs and their bankrolls.