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From: pjg@acsu.buffalo.edu (Paul Graham)
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Subject: Re: Internet/NSFNet proposal to be run by IBM -- call to action!
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Date: 29 Oct 90 02:55:57 GMT
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karl@mcs.MCS.COM (Karl Denninger) writes:
|There is wind of a proposal stirring in Washington that would place the 
|NSFNet backbone, and eventually the entire government-run part of the 
|Internet, into the hands of IBM.

people who are *really* concerned about this should first subscribe to,
and get the archives of, the commercialization/privitization mailing
list (com-priv-requests@psi.com).  this plan is generally well known
in the networking community and while there is no clear consensus i
don't think the degree of alarm displayed by the previous posting is
necessary.  in any event com-priv is an excellent place to move this
discussion since many of the movers and shakers are active there.

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