Path: utzoo!utgpu!watmath!clyde!wtr@moss.ATT.COM From: wtr@moss.ATT.COM Newsgroups: comp.misc Subject: Re: USSR International Computer Club (was: Information on the ICC) Message-ID: <40000@clyde.ATT.COM> Date: 29 Jan 89 15:00:38 GMT References: <10127@well.UUCP> <1315@orion.cf.uci.edu> <810@afit-ab.arpa> <824@afit-ab.arpa> <166@corpane.UUCP> <837@afit-ab.arpa> <481@telly.UUCP> <1322@umbio.MIAMI.EDU> Sender: nuucp@clyde.ATT.COM Reply-To: wtr@moss.UUCP (Bill Rankin) Organization: AT&T Bell Laboratories, Whippany NJ Lines: 30 In article <1322@umbio.MIAMI.EDU> aem@Mthvax.Miami.Edu (a.e.mossberg) writes: >In <481@telly.UUCP>, wrote: >>As I recall, you hinted that if the Soviets were publicly known to be on >>Usenet, most defence contractors would drop their feeds. That's their loss. >>The net will survive without them. >Gosh, *I* sure would be upset if contractors dropped off! Not to mention >various military institutes. consider, if you will, the number of large companies that support major net-sites, and also do some sort of DOD work. Most do. The loss in readership, postings, etc... would be rather large, should part of all DOD contracts became abstanance from usenet. I am not going to comment on the probability of this, nor the intelligence behind that decision, let's just say it's a possibility. the net would 'survive', but would definitely *not* be the same. later, ===================================================================== Bill Rankin Bell Labs, Whippany NJ (201) 386-4154 (cornet 232) email address: ...!att!moss!wtr