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Re: announcing: www-buyinfo mailing list
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Paul Everitt)
Thu Aug 11 09:22:47 1994
Date: Thu, 11 Aug 1994 15:18:34 +0200
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From: Paul Everitt <paul@cminds.com>
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On Wed, 10 Aug 1994, Dave Kristol wrote:
> C. Farell wrote:
> > On Tue, 9 Aug 1994, Dave Kristol wrote:
> [my announcement of www-buyinfo mailing list]
> >
> > This has already been done. I think it's called CompuServe.
>
> The difference is that I can't obtain any information from CompuServe
> unless I subscribe in advance. I don't have to subscribe in advance to
A bigger difference: providing information to Compuserver. Or how about
connecting your entire LAN to Compuserve? Or how about integrating your
current IS w/ Compuserve, and not introducing a new interface?
What would have happened if everyone went to Compuserve for the images on
the Jupiter hit?
I guess the point that is pertinent is, don't think only about
information consumers. Remember the democracy of the net allows anyone
to be an information provider. That, I believe, is the difference, not
technical architecture.
Paul Everitt V 703.785.7384 Email Paul.Everitt@cminds.com
Connecting Minds, Inc. F 703.785.7385 WWW http://www.cminds.com/
