[60558] in North American Network Operators' Group
RE: How much longer..
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (variable@ednet.co.uk)
Thu Aug 14 09:37:32 2003
Date: Thu, 14 Aug 2003 14:37:01 +0100 (BST)
From: variable@ednet.co.uk
To: "St. Clair, James" <JStClair@vredenburg.com>
Cc: "''nanog@merit.edu ' '" <nanog@merit.edu>
In-Reply-To: <B30A25E2D1D2D1118021006097C3AC63024543D5@ccopo.vredenburg.com>
Errors-To: owner-nanog-outgoing@merit.edu
On Thu, 14 Aug 2003, St. Clair, James wrote:
> I've lived in the UK, and never had a license to maintain or update the
> engine.
See point number 2:
> > 2) In order to have the car on the road, you have to have it taxed and
> > have a qualified mechanic certify it for basic road worthiness.
> The "computers as cars" analogy applies to commoditization of a utility.
A computer is a computer. Analogies like this only serve to add to the
confusion.
Rich
