[11793] in Commercialization & Privatization of the Internet
Re: In the matter of adverti
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (WALTHOWE@delphi.com)
Wed Apr 20 01:21:41 1994
Date: Tue, 19 Apr 1994 21:49:30 -0400 (EDT)
From: WALTHOWE@delphi.com
To: schoff@us.psi.com
Cc: com-priv@psi.com, stevec@aol.com
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Marty Schoffstall writes:
> While there are complaints about the "users" of the various on-line services,
> I think there are bigger complaints about the "operators" of the on-line
> service.
>
> Basically, given all their resources, they provide no community service at
> all. UUNET provides lots of cool anon ftp capabilities, others provide NTP
> servers, veronica servers, etc, for the Internet community for free.
>
> Neither AOL nor Delphi institutionally are providing anything to the
> Internet community that is essentially "free". Some people think that
> this is capital W Wrong. Minimally it is anti-volunteerism.
I agree!
On Delphi, we've done some token things with gophers, but there is more to
come. There is significant concern that we can't be just takers of others'
services, but must return value to the nets, and there are people and resources
in Delphi devoted to just that problem. I can't discuss specifics at this time,
but you won't be able to aim the criticism too much longer. We'll let our
actions be the answer.
Walt
