Xref: utzoo comp.mail.misc:3439 sci.astro:7553 Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!swrinde!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!brutus.cs.uiuc.edu!apple!decwrl!sgi!roberts@nimrod.wpd.sgi.com From: roberts@nimrod.wpd.sgi.com (roberts) Newsgroups: comp.mail.misc,sci.astro Subject: Re: Will there be a Great Unified Net? Message-ID: <61204@sgi.sgi.com> Date: 30 May 90 18:18:08 GMT References: <1024@mpirbn.UUCP> <1990May26.182226.7277@uu.psi.com> Sender: roberts@nimrod.wpd.sgi.com Organization: Silicon Graphics, Inc., Mountain View, CA Lines: 14 In article <1990May26.182226.7277@uu.psi.com>, schoff@uu.psi.com (Martin Schoffstall) writes: > >Unified Net? I've little knowledge about the people/organizations behind all > >these nets - would there be a 'central authority' that could enforce such a > >unification? > > > I'd posit that there is a grass roots effort to make the Internet be the > "Unified Net" without a central authority, but based on market pressures. ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Down with centralized planning and authority! The free market rules! Resist the efforts of totalitarian bureaucracies to regain control of the information economy. - Robert Stephens