[11176] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Quote from Kashpureff / Re: question about per. hack
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Curt Howland)
Tue Jul 22 17:38:55 1997
Date: Tue, 22 Jul 1997 14:22:55 -0700 (PDT)
From: Curt Howland <howland@conxion.com>
To: ripper@dataway.com, jesse@netthink.com
Cc: nanog@merit.edu
> > taking money for an essential service and trying to make a profit, is
> > PURE EVIL and goes against everything that I belive "the net" should be.
>
> Sure! Money, of course, is the root of all evil.
No, LOVE OF MONEY is the root of all evil, or so the quote
goes.
Basically envey, jelousy, coveting your neighbors YP-X...
> NSI does a good job at what they do, and 50 bucks a year really isn't
> much to whine about.
I have no problem with paying them, when I choose to use them.
The fact that they are the only game in town, by goverment
fiat, is objectionable.
Honestly, I like the idea of competing NIC's. Not exactly sure
how to do it without just as much an arbitrary fiat as what
I object to in the first place. The *idea* of the Alternic is
excelent. Their execution is prosecutable.
> Grow up Mr. Mathias. Profit is the only reason you have a job, food in
> your grocery store, and an Internet to complain about.
Couldn't agree more. Viva la almighty BUCK.
> Jesse "I'm Capitalist and I'm proud" Caulfield.
Curt-
