[1021] in Commercialization & Privatization of the Internet
Re: Privitization is the issue
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (John S. Quarterman)
Tue Jul 16 12:20:04 1991
Date: Tue, 16 Jul 91 00:01:47 cdt
From: jsq@tic.com (John S. Quarterman)
To: com-priv@psi.com
Cc: jsq@tic.com
So, I suppose Joe Abernathy has some right to print his opinions subject
to the blessing of his editors, I fail to see that I should be very
concerned as to what he says one way or the other. Best I can tell
what Abernathy says is a mostly a concern for folks in the Houston area
and not a matter worthy of the bandwidth taken on this national
(international) list.
You may not be able to get the Chronicle, but other newspapers, and
especially wire services, can and do. Joe's Internet stories were
picked up and republished elsewhere, including, if I remember correctly,
in the New York Times. There has been speculation that they were
a primary reason for last year's version of the NREN bill not passing.
In addition, it's worth remembering that Texas is the third largest
state by population, and its choices for textbooks have traditionally
had strong affects on what is available throughout the country. It's
not hard to imagine that similar politics could apply to network access
decisions.
Also, Abernathy doesn't write only for the Chronicle. He has a story in
the Sunday 14 July San Francisco Examiner, page D-14, ``Outlaw hackers
go straight,'' about former Austin and Houston Legion of Doom members
forming a security consulting firm. The word ``sex'' isn't used once.
Does this mean that Joe Abernathy has gone straight? :-)
