[2841] in Commercialization & Privatization of the Internet
commercial use of publicly funded infrastructure
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Craig Partridge)
Fri Jun 12 13:25:20 1992
To: Roy Tennant <rtennant@library.berkeley.edu>
Cc: com-priv@psi.com
Reply-To: Craig Partridge <craig@aland.bbn.com>
From: Craig Partridge <craig@aland.bbn.com>
Date: Fri, 12 Jun 92 10:21:20 -0700
> What I have a problem with is private companies charging public
> entities (libraries, universities, etc.) for using publicly-funded
> infrastructure and *making a profit* at it.
Oh phooey -- on those grounds no public agency should ever pay a moving
company because moving companies ship goods in trucks via publicly
subsidized highways.
Craig
