Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP
Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!cbosgd!gatech!akgua!glc
From: glc@akgua.UUCP (glc)
Newsgroups: net.news.stargate
Subject: Re: How-To
Message-ID: <2237@akgua.UUCP>
Date: Thu, 12-Jun-86 12:19:49 EDT
Article-I.D.: akgua.2237
Posted: Thu Jun 12 12:19:49 1986
Date-Received: Sun, 15-Jun-86 07:28:50 EDT
References: <374@cbmvax.cbmvax.cbm.UUCP> <699@down.FUN> <377@cbmvax.cbmvax.cbm.UUCP>
Organization: AT&T Technologies/Bell Labs, Atlanta
Lines: 24

George Robbins asked:
>What level of confidence do you think the average news administrator has that
>Stargate will really happen?  

Perhaps I have rose-colored glasses, but my feeling as the "akgua"
backbone administrator is that stargate will indeed really happen.

The people behind it are tenacious!  They are putting in a lot of
time cajoling/convincing/conniving the folks in positions that make
the concept viable.  Likewise, the necessary hardware is being
designed to work in a world where the local site administrator doesn't
know *beans* about electronics and won't pay much real cash for the
black box.

As in so many cases, the hardware side can be set up a lot quicker
than the "people" side.  Remember, one of the fundamental premises
of stargate is getting free rides from the satellite TV world.
That takes some careful diplomacy!

Cheers,
  Lindsay

Lindsay Cleveland  (akgua!glc) (404) 447-3909   Cornet 583-3909
AT&T Technologies/Bell Laboratories ... Atlanta, Ga