[1006] in Commercialization & Privatization of the Internet
Re: Thank you for your comments
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Stan Barber)
Mon Jul 15 19:33:19 1991
From: sob@tmc.edu (Stan Barber)
Date: Mon, 15 Jul 1991 18:32:19 CDT
In-Reply-To: edtjda@magic322.chron.com (Joe Abernathy)
To: edtjda@magic322.chron.com (Joe Abernathy)
Cc: com-priv@psi.com
How do you define your audience? Is this not the people who subscribe to the
Chronicle? If you write an article and there is a huge amount of sales, does
that not prompt your editor to want you to do more of them because it means
your audience is interested?
Do you stress compelling over accuracy? I mean, how does this material JUMP
on to anyones computer screen unless they asked for it? It is certainly
compelling to picture such things, but it isn't accurate.
I am intrigued by the question of public affairs issues. I think NREN and
its origins are the continuation of the development of the US as an information
age superpower. Some folks think that making the network more ubiquitous at T1
is more important that making T3 and faster speeds happen. Some folks look at
the current T3 applications in video and say why can't we find a way to integrate
video with data?
It appears to me that the private sector is doing a commendable job of helping
to make the network more ubiquitous (perhaps in concert with the regionals). I
don't know if anyone is really in a position to deal with the other problem
except the government.
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Stan internet: sob@bcm.tmc.edu Director, Networking
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Barber Opinions expressed are only mine. Baylor College of Medicine
