[950] in Commercialization & Privatization of the Internet
Re: Internet Articles in the Mainsteam Press
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (John Pettitt)
Fri Jul 12 04:03:16 1991
From: John Pettitt <jpp@bugs.specialix.co.uk>
Date: Fri, 12 Jul 91 08:18:38 BST
To: Marty Lyons <marty@ultra.com>, com-priv@psi.com
marty> The Internet, NREN, CIX, and the rest of our infrastructure
marty> building work certainly needs to be described to the public
marty> at large; since very soon, this technology will touch many
marty> of their lives, on a daily basis. Sensationalism and inaccurate
marty> reporting have no place in that process, however.
marty> /Marty
I disagree - the public don't need to know (and don't care) how
the technology is provided - just that it works and what it will
do for them. As an example take the telephone system, or the TV
networks. Does the `man in the street' know or care how they work ?
I agree that `Sensationalism and inaccurate reporting' are not
always helpful. However it's a big bad world and you have to live
with it as it is. Look at the rubbish that gets written about a
whole range of subjects - if anything the Internet and USENET have
got away very lightly.
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John Pettitt
Specialix International
jpp@specialix.co.uk
