[300] in Commercialization & Privatization of the Internet
Re: A few questions re current discussions...
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Jack Haverty)
Tue Mar 5 12:15:08 1991
From: Jack Haverty <jhaverty@us.oracle.com>
To: ddern@world.std.com (Daniel P Dern)
Cc: com-priv@psi.com, jhaverty@us.oracle.com
In-Reply-To: Your message of Tue, 05 Mar 91 10:31:34 -0500.
Date: Tue, 05 Mar 91 08:49:02 PST
"...
3. Is there life beyond FTP, Telnet, SMTP
What do folks have in mind, in terms of new services... I'm not arguing,
I'm asking.
..."
Personally, I think it would be enlightening to look at existing commercial
"networks" like CompuServe, Dialog, etc. There are *hundreds* of services
available on these, and presumably they are popular enough to be viable as a
business since real $$s are charged for using them.
FTP, Telnet, and Mail have existed in one form (protocol) or another for almost
20 years, not 10. The service I think I'd vote as "next" would be one which
helps me *find* things on the Internet - e.g., gives me pointers to all reports,
news postings, files, messages, etc., that relate to some topic - e.g., "Frame
Relay and IP". Even better would be if it included references to
trade journals/magazines/newspapers. CompuServe has several such services, but
I've found them somewhat expensive and tedious to use.
Dan - I'll ask DataComm if it's okay to post that article. But what do you mean
whe you say "had a dead-one piece"?
Jack
