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From: peter@ficc.uu.net (Peter da Silva)
Newsgroups: news.admin
Subject: Re: EUnet, unido and USENET
Keywords: unido, blacklisting, domain .de, subnet,
Message-ID: <5084@ficc.uu.net>
Date: 19 Jul 89 16:05:10 GMT
References: <588@odin.cs.hw.ac.uk> <882@corpane.UUCP> <8594@attctc.DALLAS.TX.US> <1989Jul18.121524.15171@coms.axis.fr>
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Rahul Dhesi suggested an arrangement that would use market forces to encourage
a more even mixture of feeds...

In article <1989Jul18.121524.15171@coms.axis.fr>, philip@coms.axis.fr (Philip Peake) writes:
> PLEASE DON'T TELL US THAT WE HAVE TO GIVE MONEY TO OTHER PEOPLE.
> Because giving away free news feeds is exactly that.

Stop.

Go back and read what Rahul suggested.

He didn't say *anything* about giving away free feeds.

He recommended:

	a) Sell feeds at some rate X. This would be adjusted so
	   you make the necessary profit. Divide costs by feeds,
	   and charge your *direct* feeds that amount.
	b) Allow the people you feed to sell their feeds at any
	   rate they like. Dividing their costs by #feeds, for
	   example, or whatever. You don't care... you get paid.
	   If they charge too much people can always get feeds
	   from you.
	c) Sit back and watch a richly-connected network grow
	   thanks to the invisible hand of market forces.

> If you want to implement your ideas then go ahead, but you have absolutely
> no right whatsoever to impose your views on us.

And no ability.

Perhaps you should consider what "impose" means.

What Rahul was doing is described as "making a suggestion".

Do you have a problem with that?
-- 
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