Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!decwrl!ucbvax!FORSYTHE.STANFORD.EDU!GD.WHY From: GD.WHY@FORSYTHE.STANFORD.EDU ("Bill Yundt") Newsgroups: comp.protocols.appletalk Subject: Re: Multiport Localtalk Router Message-ID: Date: 30 Sep 90 23:31:46 GMT Sender: usenet@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU Organization: The Internet Lines: 37 REPLY TO 09/25/90 17:33 FROM BRAD@CAYMAN.COM: Re: Multiport Localtalk Router In article <9009252338.AA00960@andros.Cayman.COM> brad@cayman.com writes: ].............. However, I don't feel as comfortable with ]all off the sales information which is being passed recently. Thanks for ]the technical info - please hold the sales info. ]I think non-technical information is best sent to comp.newprod; Am I the ]only one who feels this way? In article <4192@spdcc.SPDCC.COM> spdcc!dyer@husc6.harvard.edu (Steve Dyer) writes: >........................In the context >in which it was presented, it didn't seem out of line to me. >I'd rather have too much information offered to us, the consumer, >than staying in the dark. ......... It appears that the Cayman response was to a specific question posed by a bona-fide internet user in support of an educational institution's activities. I believe it was therefore wholly appropriate as a response to a question asked "in support of research and education" under the NSFNET interim use guidelines. If there is any question, however, the NSF is the authority. Had the matter been delivered as an unsolicited pitch to the info-appletalk list, I would have a different view. In view of the fact that the custodial responsibility for the research and education internet rests with the NSF and mid-level (e.g. regional) networks, I would suggest that commercial interests and people who represent them begin asking what is appropriate instead of asserting their own beliefs. Bill Yundt, Director Networking and Communication Systems, Stanford University Executive Director, Bay Area Regional Research Network To: INFO-APPLETALK@ANDREW.CMU.EDU