Xref: utzoo comp.dcom.lans:7980 comp.misc:12394 Newsgroups: comp.dcom.lans,comp.misc Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!clarkson!grape.ecs.clarkson.edu!nelson From: nelson@sun.soe.clarkson.edu (Russ Nelson) Subject: Re: Data-PCS Petition - Please Comment Reply-To: nelson@clutx.clarkson.edu (aka NELSON@CLUTX.BITNET) Organization: Clarkson University, Potsdam NY Date: 5 May 91 10:10:41 Message-ID: In-Reply-To: henry@zoo.toronto.edu's message of Sun, 5 May 1991 05:12:10 GMT References: <52465@apple.Apple.COM> <1991May5.051210.23293@zoo.toronto.edu> Sender: usenet@grape.ecs.clarkson.edu In article <1991May5.051210.23293@zoo.toronto.edu> henry@zoo.toronto.edu (Henry Spencer) writes: I have *not* studied the specifics of Apple's proposal, and am not up on the complex tradeoffs involved in spectrum allocation, so I cannot comment one way or another on the technical merits of their proposal. But I will say that this public appeal, and its wording, make me very suspicious that somebody's trying to pull a fast one. "Don't worry about what the fine print says, you wouldn't understand it anyway, just hurry up and sign it." Not to mention the fact that their petition doesn't specify who's going to *lose* spectrum. I also couldn't find a copy of the petition posted to rec.radio.amateur.misc, where there are a number of people qualified to discuss the specifics of it. I also noticed a separate copy of the article posted to comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc. -- --russ I'm proud to be a humble Quaker. It's better to get mugged than to live a life of fear -- Freeman Dyson I joined the League for Programming Freedom, and I hope you'll join too.