[1800] in Commercialization & Privatization of the Internet
Re: The Public Library and NEWS
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Sean Donelan)
Fri Dec 27 18:50:41 1991
Date: Fri, 27 Dec 1991 17:48:49 CST
From: SEAN@SDG.DRA.COM (Sean Donelan)
To: com-priv@psi.com
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> Reply to: The Public Library and NEWS
>>So why doesn't the Public Library have NEWS, that greatest of all
>>electronic newspapers??
>
>Funny you should mention, Bill. In fact, PSI is about to start our newsfeed.
>We are bound only by the lack of available hard disk storage onsite, which
>determines how much we can get and how long we can store it.
>
[...]
>
>I do a fair amount of travelling around the country, speaking at library
>conferences and evangelizing use of the net. Librarians are interested but
>whine about budget constraints. Our budget didn't pass this year either. But
>even when our grant runs out I will take $2200 from my software budget and
>buy a year of INTERNET connectivity with it. Money is always found for the
>necessary items. For us, this connection is necessary.
Bingo. Although you broke rule #1 of vendor relations, don't let the vendor
know you will pay (Marty, pretend you didn't see that :-).
But does anyone else find it odd that NEWS (netnews, etc) is being given as
a reason to sink bucks into a network connection. An application that doesn't
require a network connection. An application that isn't even an Internet
standard. An application that isn't listed as one of the reasons for having
the NREN.
--
Sean Donelan, Data Research Associates, Inc, St. Louis, MO
Domain: sean@sdg.dra.com, Voice: (Work) +1 314-432-1100
