[11754] in Commercialization & Privatization of the Internet
Re: Random Thoughts Regarding RSA/NCSA/EIT
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Rob Raisch, The Internet Company)
Sun Apr 17 17:35:26 1994
Date: Sun, 17 Apr 1994 13:04:34 -0700 (PDT)
From: "Rob Raisch, The Internet Company" <raisch@internet.com>
To: Will Kreth <will@wired.com>
Cc: com-priv@psi.com
In-Reply-To: <199404151951.TAA23188@gw.wired.com>
On Fri, 15 Apr 1994, Will Kreth wrote:
> Who's to say Mosaic as we know it will even exist in 8 to 12 months? There
> are better browsers right now. There will undoubtedly be more robust
> software for publishers to access the Web in due course.
Accepted. But there are flaws at the heart of the both the HTML markup
and the HTTP protocol which severely limit its use for publishing. The
very fact that it is a trivial exercise to reference a portion of any
document in any other should give publishers pause.
> Better this than Oracle/TCI/Time-Warner/Viacom/Microsoft's slick vision of
> passive consumption clothed in the disguise of whiz-bang "interactive
> television."
Damned straight!
</rr>
