Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!clyde.concordia.ca!uunet!ficc!peter From: peter@ficc.uu.net (Peter da Silva) Newsgroups: comp.protocols.tcp-ip Subject: Re: Networks considered harmful Message-ID: <7420@ficc.uu.net> Date: 27 Dec 89 03:42:32 GMT References: <44942@bu-cs.BU.EDU> <8912221738.AA09309@world.std.com> Reply-To: peter@ficc.uu.net (Peter da Silva) Organization: Xenix Support, FICC Lines: 17 In article <8912221738.AA09309@world.std.com> bzs@world.std.com (Barry Shein) writes: > As an information services provider (ahem) the first problem that > comes to mind with an e-mail box (similar to a fax box) is that once > you start commercializing like that all the non-profit nets will start > reading you the riot act. I seriously doubt it. All an email box is is a modem++. After the way Usenet has absorbed all the Fido crossfeeds with a minimum of indigestion, a little more Email won't even be noticed. Not to mention that the majority of activity would be point-to-point over phone lines outside the internet. -- `-_-' Peter da Silva. +1 713 274 5180. . 'U` Also or . "It was just dumb luck that Unix managed to break through the Stupidity Barrier and become popular in spite of its inherent elegance." -- gavin@krypton.sgi.com