[11592] in Commercialization & Privatization of the Internet
Re: Internet benefits
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Miles R Fidelman)
Sun Apr 10 11:03:37 1994
Date: Sun, 10 Apr 1994 10:11:14 -0400 (EDT)
From: Miles R Fidelman <fidelman@civicnet.org>
To: com-priv <com-priv@psi.com>
In-Reply-To: <9404100311.AA07973@psi.com>
I guess I have a simple answer to this:
i. a large percentage of the people I deal with on a day-to-day basis are
on the Internet, and not having to the medium would put me (and my
organization) at an extreme disadvantage [note: when I was at BBN, the
same arguement applied in spades -- our customers were on the net, our
vendors were on the net, our professional community was on the net,
anyone not on the net was always a day(month) behind everybody else in
terms of knowing the latest news and being able to respond to events]
ii. our organization is in the policy and advocacy game -- many of the
people we try to reach are on the net and its the easiest and cheapest
medium for reaching people [note: this applies to commercial
organizations as well - if, for example, you sell software to the Unix
marketplace, you'd better be reachable by email and deliver software
patches by FTP]
in short:
i. its like the telephone and fax - you need it to do business (or you
will soon)
ii. its like trade/professional journals - if you're not present, you're
increasinbly conspicuous by your absence
Miles
**************************************************************************
Miles R. Fidelman mfidelman@civicnet.org
Executive Director 91 Baldwin St. Charlestown MA 02129
The Center for Civic Networking 617-241-9205 fax: 617-241-5064
Check out our gopher server:
CCN - The Center for Civic Networking
on the list of all gopher servers in the world.
Information Infrastructure: Public Spaces for the 21st Century
Let's Start With: Internet Wall-Plugs Everywhere
Then We Can Worry About: "Switched, Interactive, Broadband Services"
**************************************************************************
