[11827] in Commercialization & Privatization of the Internet
Re: Mr. Green Card makes the Times
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Mark.Lawrence)
Thu Apr 21 12:52:30 1994
From: mark@drd.com (Mark.Lawrence)
To: com-priv@psi.com
Date: Thu, 21 Apr 94 8:12:13 CDT
: Date: Wed, 20 Apr 94 21:35:51 PDT
: From: Brad Templeton <brad@looking.clarinet.com>
:
[...]
: Those who spout an ideology of "thou shalt do no commerce" have clouded
: the issue about what got people so upset. The Times viewed it as people
: getting upset over commerce, which is not at all the truth.
Unfortunately, on NPR's All Things Considered yesterday afternoon, the
issue was portrayed that way. They even spoke to an Internet Consultant
in the valley (Bruce Davis? memory fuzzy) who gave that slant to it.
The issue is _not_ commercialism vs. non-commercialism. The issue is
appropriate use. I read certain lists and USENET newsgroups with the
reasonable expectation that messages found there will be on topic.
I administer the FrameMaker users' mailing list. We have commercial
adverts. occasionally. It's OK when it's related to FrameMaker. No
complaints at all from the audience. Today, AbSoft decided to post a
news release about their most recent version of Fortran. Geez.
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Mark Lawrence mark.lawrence@drd.com
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