Hi Richard CleanTech sounds great. I'll be at the launch.
Have you seen the Smart2020 report "Enabling the low carbon economy in the information age" by the Climate Group? Well worth a read - http://www.smart2020.org/ As for governments giving away money for software development....my experience with the Comm Gov has been the following - AusIndustry have consistently discouraged me from pursuing my research and from applying for an R&D grant (do they know something about my particular area of research that I don't know? It's possible, but I doubt it). In the Climate Ready scheme they automatically put applications for software down near the bottom of the pile. With a 10% success rate the chances of a small company getting an application for software through is very small. While it's true that governments are giving away lots of money (any number with a 'billion' after it is a lot) when the details are investigated and the application process is carried out it turns out that for small companies developing cleantech software there is very little money. I hope the CleanTech Sydney industry cluster can prove me wrong. Malcolm Lambert --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Silicon Beach Australia mailing list. No lurkers! It is expected that you introduce yourself: http://groups.google.com/group/silicon-beach-australia/browse_thread/thread/99938a0fbc691eeb To post to this group, send email to silicon-beach-australia@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to silicon-beach-australia+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/silicon-beach-australia?hl=en?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
