[8439] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: ARINANOG
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Valdis.Kletnieks@vt.edu)
Sat Mar 29 22:36:32 1997
To: Jim Fleming <JimFleming@unety.net>
Cc: "'naipr@arin.net'" <naipr@arin.net>, "'ckuehn@nsf.gov'" <ckuehn@nsf.gov>,
"'gstrawn@nsf.gov'" <gstrawn@nsf.gov>,
"'lsundro@nsf.gov'" <lsundro@nsf.gov>,
"'nanog@merit.edu'" <nanog@merit.edu>
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Sat, 29 Mar 1997 14:17:19 CST."
<01BC3C4B.EA6606E0@webster.unety.net>
From: Valdis.Kletnieks@vt.edu
Date: Sat, 29 Mar 1997 22:34:05 -0500
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On Sat, 29 Mar 1997 14:17:19 CST, Jim Fleming said:
> [4] If ARIN is such a great idea why don't the proposed founders
> quit their comfortable jobs, give up their benefits and
> U.S. Government funding and start ARIN ? That is what
> other people do when they want to start a business.
(a) Some of the proposed founders *WILL* be quitting their comfortable
jobs to go work at ARIN.
(b) "venture capital". Almost nobody (except for very small mom&pop
operations on the low end) starts a business totally on their own funds.
Why should this be any different?
--
Valdis Kletnieks
Computer Systems Engineer
Virginia Tech
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