[10364] in Commercialization & Privatization of the Internet
Re: Gordon Cook's Ideal (mythical) Internet
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Dennis Fazio)
Sat Feb 19 14:25:30 1994
From: dfazio@mr.net (Dennis Fazio)
To: com-priv@psi.com
Date: Mon, 14 Feb 1994 09:59:20 -0600 (CST)
>Well Dennis, I susbcribe to the belief that if I keep whacking at these
>insider deals long enough and hard enough I just MIGHT have some effect.
> If I don't well at least I tried. Better to try and fail than not to
>try at all!
I can buy that. In spite of the odds and present reality, we can
certainly work to create a culture and expectation of ethical behavior
and fair play so that the tilts, as they exist, will at least be
less sinister in character.
>
>Everyone who seems to want to appear content with the present wheeling
>and dealing seems to say "oh but the NSF is such a small part of the
>total and therefore it doesn't really matter."
It's not that it doesn't matter. The NSF is indeed still a major
influence now and, for many reasons, an easy target. I would be
concerned, however if all those out raking muck spent all their energies
at the NSF and its activities when the real action starts happening
elsewhere where the bigger money flows and where public influence is
very limited.
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