Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!lll-winken!csd4.milw.wisc.edu!bionet!ames!pasteur!ucbvax!STANFORD.BITNET!GD.WHY From: GD.WHY@STANFORD.BITNET ("Bill Yundt") Newsgroups: comp.protocols.appletalk Subject: Re: Finally, Peer-to-Peer non-dedicated AppleShare, this month!!! Message-ID: Date: 19 May 89 15:36:22 GMT Sender: daemon@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU Organization: The Internet Lines: 47 REPLY TO 05/18/89 15:10 FROM XAIT!DEE@HUSC6.HARVARD.EDU "Donald Eastlake": Re: Finally, Peer-to-Peer non-dedicated AppleShare, this month!!! In article <46010@XAIT.Xerox.COM> xait!dee@husc6.harvard.edu (Donald Eastlake) writes: "Although not exactly the same thing, there is also the furor over the racist/sexist material in the jokes group that has, due to threats of legal action, caused it to be banned in some areas." Though I dislike participating in exchanges which digress so they lose all relevance to the original topic, I feel compelled to note that, if Donald is referring to the Stanford University flap about the jokes file containing material judged racist/sexist, the action to remove it from Stanford's institutional computer sytems had NOTHING to do with legal threats nor were there any....and, in fact, access to the files is about to be restored for reasons relating to academic freedom and freedom of expression. Back to the original subject....I side entirely with Uhrig and the original critic of the Moroney message and author(ess?) of the first note suggesting that elevating the awareness of the market power of THE NETWORK is useful. It IS useful and there are many other (logical) networks which are well understood by suppliers and the marketplace in terms of their impact on the market. Any supplier who threatens effective communication within the market they serve risks exposure and condemnation within that market....a fate far worse than dealing with criticism ....like an adult. Let us risk the wrath of the lawyers.....my lawyers are better than their lawyers anyway!! Now, can we get back to the real business of this maillist......p l e a s e! ....from one who has been sued for slander and survived. Bill Yundt Director, Networking Systems, Stanford University Executive Director, Bay Area Regional Research Network Board Member - BITNET, Federation of American Research Networks, California Internet Federation and Flame Retardant Society of America To: INFO-APPLETALK@ANDREW.CMU.EDU