On Mon, 28 Jun 1999 15:14:17 -0400 (EDT), Ronda Hauben
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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>[EMAIL PROTECTED] (William X. Walsh) wrote:
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>>The internet, by definition, is a network of interconnected networks.
>>These networks are not a "uniform" set of networks. They are diverse,
>>and the attempt to force on them a set of policies that are "uniform"
>>in nature, when there is no compelling technical or legal reason for
>>doing so, is difficult to understand.
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>>The ultimate consensus of the internet stakeholders will be letting
>>the market decide which models will work and succeed. Those that do
>>not, will be forced to change their models or die off. =20
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>The Internet is a communications medium. It is not some mythical
>"open market" ideology.
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>It was created under IPTO at ARPA, *not* via some corporate or
>private framework.
Ronda,
What the internet started as is of no relevence.
What it is now, is exactly what I stated.
It is time for you to accept that the internet has changed, and move
on.
--
William X. Walsh
General Manager, DSo Internet Services
Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fax:(209) 671-7934
The Law is not your mommy or daddy to go crying
to every time you have something to whimper about.
