[11632] in Commercialization & Privatization of the Internet
Re: Need Help Articulating Internet Benefits
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Dave Crocker)
Tue Apr 12 07:39:13 1994
Date: Mon, 11 Apr 1994 21:00:24 -0700
To: "Monte Hall" <jhall3@mason1.gmu.edu>
From: dcrocker@mordor.stanford.edu (Dave Crocker)
Cc: com-priv@psi.com
At Sat, Monte Hall wrote:
>To compare the value of the Internet to the value of heat and a/c seems a
>gross overstatement.
Actually, it doesn't. Fundamental improvements to communication are
usually on the list of "basic" contributors to physical advances in a
society, along with manufacturing and transportation improvements. I think
that the combined innovations of digital communications and packetization
constitute just such a fundamental advance, by virtue of the flexibility
and universality offered.
Dave
