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From: bill@sigma.UUCP
Newsgroups: comp.mail.uucp
Subject: Re: Net Politics & Private Machines
Message-ID: <1015@sigma.UUCP>
Date: Fri, 16-Jan-87 12:08:58 EST
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Posted: Fri Jan 16 12:08:58 1987
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Reply-To: bill@sigma.UUCP (William Swan)
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In article <113@dolphy.UUCP> jmg@dolphy.UUCP (Jeffrey Greenberg) writes:
>The very idea of separating private machines from others leaves
>us open to the question of "Why should my corporation, blah-blah, have
>to pay for individuals using the net?"  The answer will be distasteful...
>This discussion can only lead to 'bad stuff'.
>There is no reason to distinguish private users from any others.

I suspect at least a few of the "individuals" with private machines on
the net will be those who have work accounts. If I ever get a system on
the net you can be sure that most of my participation will be from that
system, rather than here at work.

>This discussion can only lead to 'bad stuff'.
Agreed.
-- 
William Swan  {ihnp4,decvax,allegra,...}!uw-beaver!tikal!sigma!bill