[12834] in Commercialization & Privatization of the Internet
Re: What is required for information access?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Barry Shein)
Mon May 30 22:02:53 1994
Date: Mon, 30 May 1994 14:23:28 -0400
From: bzs@world.std.com (Barry Shein)
To: SROTH@ucsvax.ucs.umass.edu
Cc: com-priv@psi.com
In-Reply-To: <01HCX9CLI2X29OD282@phobos.ucs.umass.edu> (message from Seth Rothberg on Sun, 29 May 1994 19:57:52 -0400)
>From: Seth Rothberg <SROTH@ucsvax.ucs.umass.edu>
>I work at a fairly wealthy public library in a fairly wealthy university
>town. Our endowment is big and funds about one third of our yearly budget.
>Just under two-thirds comes from property taxes. The rest comes from the
>state. We could not afford to pay, say, a $1000 a month out of our current
>budget. We'd need a subsidy of some sort to get and maintain connectivity.
Bullsh*t.
Hey, they can fire you and that would more than pay for it!
Ok, I'm being snippy. But there's a big difference between "not
afford" and "not prioritize".
I'm just curious, did they rub coal on your face before you posted?
-Barry Shein
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