[212] in Commercialization & Privatization of the Internet
Re: Implicit Assumptions Crystalizing for the NREN
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Dan Schlitt)
Wed Feb 27 14:16:44 1991
Date: Wed, 27 Feb 91 13:42:32 -0500
From: Dan Schlitt <dan@sci.ccny.cuny.edu>
To: com-priv@psi.com
Barry Shein writes:
I agree, my impression of Educom was always an organization of
representatives from "main academic computing centers", which is not
what I would call educators any more than a university's building and
grounds' organization represents educators. The interests are
related, but also tend to be contentious within the university.
But what would be a better suggestion?
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Well, let's see...... There is CREN or BITNIC or something like that :-) :-)
In my years in and around academic computing I have not encountered
any organization that could speak with a coherent voice for academic
computing. It in large part reflects the individualistic character of
academics. There may be a few individuals who try to speak up for the
academic community as a whole, but they tend to get little support and
frequently get chopped off at their knees for their efforts.
/dan
