[11487] in Commercialization & Privatization of the Internet
Re: The whole CIX concept is flawed
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (William Manning)
Mon Apr 4 10:02:43 1994
From: bmanning@is.rice.edu (William Manning)
To: poole@magnolia.eunet.ch (Simon Poole)
Date: Mon, 4 Apr 1994 06:54:58 -0500 (CDT)
Cc: com-priv@psi.com
In-Reply-To: <199404040852.KAA03074@chsun.eunet.ch> from "Simon Poole" at Apr 4, 94 10:50:59 am
Simon Poole sez:
>
> Why does the IETF keep on medling in non-technical areas?
Operations just gets in the way. :-)
>
> And in particular, why does the IETF give the following peice
> of misinformation official status? (Did anybody actually read
> it?)
>
> ....
> >
> > 1. Purpose of the Internet
> > The Internet (a global network made up of many smaller
> > contributing networks) and its services are intended to
> > support open research and education in and among US
> > research and instructional institutions, plus research arms of
> > for-profit firms when engaged in open scholarly
> > communication and research. Use for other purposes, e.g.
> > for-profit activity or extensive personal business, is not
> > acceptable.
Never read it. Where did it come from?
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Regards,
Bill Manning
