[3699] in North American Network Operators' Group
RE: Clarification re: Metcalfe in Forbes ASAP
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Jim Browning)
Tue Aug 13 19:28:08 1996
From: Jim Browning <jfbb@atmnet.net>
To: "'Avi Freedman'" <freedman@netaxs.com>
Cc: "nanog@merit.edu" <nanog@merit.edu>
Date: Tue, 13 Aug 1996 15:53:12 -0700
>From: Avi Freedman[SMTP:freedman@netaxs.com]
>Sent: Tuesday, August 13, 1996 2:09 PM
>
>But anyway, Gilder does an enthusiastic job of refuting the
Internet-is-going-
>to-go-away-in-favor-of-usage-based-and-more-reliable-Intranets Metcalfe
>hypothesis while simultaneously attempting to, um, arouse, the reader's
>interest... To understand that last in-joke you'll have to read the
article.
And in watching Avi respond to a network event, Gilder got to see that, in
addition to all the technological advances he highlights, it is *people*
who keep the net running and people who will prevent its collapse. He also
got to see that IP purists like Avi and alt.religion.atm apostles like me
can in fact find a common ground which works to the net's benefit.
--
Jim Browning