[18844] in North American Network Operators' Group
RE: BBN Peering issues
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Martin, Christian)
Tue Aug 18 23:27:06 1998
From: "Martin, Christian" <CMartin@mercury.balink.com>
To: "'nanog@merit.edu'" <nanog@merit.edu>
Date: Tue, 18 Aug 1998 23:13:57 -0400
>You play engineering and revenue as a dichotomy when in fact
>it is a duality. In the "real world" that you like to refer
>to, it is more of a symbiotic relationship. Though it would
>be nice to be aloof in a lab and be lavishly compensated, I would
>venture to say that such a situation is not the norm.
>Let us get one point understood. You deserve nothing more than
>you pay for. You were not, by merit of your diction, infrastructure,
>prowess, or mandate from heaven, conferred a right to the
>resources of another individual or conglomeration of individuals.
>If you abhor these paper-pushers so, you are more than able to
>find the capitalisation to finance a global altruistic
>network where anyone can peer with anyone and we will all get along.
>It will be akin to the communes of the 60s. We can just
>hallucinate until the reality evaporates.
>
>BR
"Well said, well spoken."
-Irwin Fletcher (AKA Fletch (AKA Chevy Chase))
