[1642] in Commercialization & Privatization of the Internet
Re: of Secret Agreements, Chronology's and Industrial Policy.
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Martin Schoffstall)
Sun Dec 8 22:50:09 1991
In-Reply-To: <9112082100.AA14697@fernwood.mpk.ca.us>
Date: Sun, 08 Dec 91 22:49:46 -0400
To: "the terminal of Geoff Goodfellow" <geoff@fernwood.mpk.ca.us>
Cc: com-priv@psi.com
From: "Martin Schoffstall" <schoff@mail.psi.net>
Reply-To: schoff@psi.com
Geoff,
Probably the smallest problem in all of this is "making industrial policy".
But working with that line of thought important differences come to mind:
(1) As I remember Craig Fields had enabling legistlation provided by
elected officials which was debated in public.
(2) Craig Fields made a legal procurement where the terms and
conditions were made apparent on day 1
(3) The DARPA procurement was made to a commercial organization seeking
competitivness against foreign interest not a organization masquerading
as a non-profit apparently seeking competitive advantage over other US
national organizations
[Even the posting that began this discusion was made from a University
of Michigan machine pruportedly for an organization (ANS) complete with
for profit subsidiary apparently
representing the National Science Foundation which
represents the US Government in providing the interim NREN....woof]
(4) The DARPA procurement did not setup or enhance a monopolistic
situation, mandate mechanisms of US commercial use/access etc...
And this is just exploring the industrial policy issues.
Marty
>DATE: Sun, 08 Dec 91 13:00:29 MST
>FROM: the terminal of Geoff Goodfellow <geoff@fernwood.mpk.ca.us>
>
> Isn't this a marvelous example of Our Government trying to make
> Industrial Policy?
>
> Isn't it Our Government's role to agar and incubate growth in markets,
> rather than picking the winners and losers itself? (i.e. shouldn't
> the winners and losers be picked by the market rather than by Our
> Government?)
>
> Isn't this the kind of action that cost Craig Field's his job at DARPA?
>
>Geoff Goodfellow
>Anterior Technology/RadioMail
>
