[1834] in Commercialization & Privatization of the Internet
Re: Is the personal electronic frontier related to Internet?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Kent W. England)
Thu Jan 2 18:08:58 1992
From: "Kent W. England" <kwe2@BBN.COM>
To: schoff@mail.psi.net
Cc: com-priv@psi.com, sean@dsl.pitt.edu
In-Reply-To: <694335833.1.schoff@mail.psi.net>
Date: Thu, 2 Jan 92 18:04:35 EDT
>From: "Martin Schoffstall" <schoff@mail.psi.net>
>Subject: Re: Is the personal electronic frontier related to Internet?
>
>Sean,
>
>You have very nicely articulated some important issues and I couldn't agree
>more.
...
>
>Don't hold your breath - it is much easier to throw buckets of money at
>old ideas/technology and old boys - then to encourage the innovators.
>
>Marty
>
This is an odd thread of discussion. Sean disagreed, by denying that
institutions buy networks, with my view that personal use of
institutional networking and personal networking are different and
should not be confused, then Marty agrees with Sean, yet outlines PSI
projects that borrow technology from institutional networking (ie, the
current Internet) and make it appropriate for personal networking.
I think you both agree with me. And I think Marty actually addressed my
concern about appropriate technology by describing a way to adapt the
existing institutional technology to the needs of the individual
subscriber.
All I initially wanted was for posters to stop extrapolating their
personal experiences using institutional networks to the personal
networking of the future and to stimulate discussion on appropriate
technology for personal networking. Did I really miss getting the point
across so much with my clumsy text? :-)
We all agree personal networking is a Good Thing. And we all seem to
agree that institutional networks aren't appropriate (too costly and
clumsy access for individuals). Even if Sean still posits that
institutions don't buy networks. :-) So, I suppose we all might
support ideas like EFF's ISDN, but with an internetworking flavor.
Well, that's interesting.
--Kent
