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From: jgd@rsiatl.UUCP (John G. DeArmond)
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Subject: Re: Internet/NSFNet proposal to be run by IBM -- call to action!
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Date: 31 Oct 90 05:23:49 GMT
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dricejb@drilex.UUCP (Craig Jackson drilex1) writes:

>It would seem to me, in the absence of *much* more detailed information,
>that this is just so much conspiracy theory.

Well Senate Bill 1976 may be a conspiracy but is a damn threatening one.
Read my previous post to see how theory is reduced to practice.

>Assuming that IBM has made such a proposal, why should they spend money
>to turn something working in to something that doesn't work?  

You ever used IBM products?  If you have, how can you ask that question?

>they're actually trying to make a buck.  Quite a few, in fact.

Precicely.  Which has NOTHING to do with our being able to actually
USE what they provide for us.  Witness, the PC Jr.  Or any Series/1.
Etc.

>The principal reason why IBM would volunteer to run the NFSNet, etc would
>be to enhance their standing in the academic technical community.  

No, according to IBM's news release, they will be in it along with 
Compu$erve and McGraw-Hill and others STRICTLY to make a buck.

><Karl goes on to propose that the net be turned into a government thing,
>paid for like roads.  Let's hope nobody gets to send their packets over
>the Mianus River bridge.>

No, I hope the net turns into something like the Interstate system here
in Atlanta.  Here, the goverment (more or less) builds enough roads
to keep up with growth.  I can hit I-75 (a 10 lane interstate), get 
onto the perimeter I-285 (another 10 lane interstate) and be 30 miles
across town in not much more than 30 minutes.  Yes, it does congest
during times of high usage but it is also one of the main fuelers
of growth in the metro area.  A properly designed and managed FREE
data highway could do the same thing on a national basis.

John


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Radiation Systems, Inc. | who would throw away the parts of the Constitution 
Atlanta, Ga             | they find inconvenient."  -me   Defend the 2nd
{emory,uunet}!rsiatl!jgd| with the same fervor as you do the 1st.