[383] in Commercialization & Privatization of the Internet
Re: a strategic plan for farnet (and you)
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (BRIAN KAHIN)
Fri Mar 15 10:49:42 1991
Date: Fri, 15 Mar 1991 10:25 EST
From: BRIAN KAHIN <KAHIN@HULAW1.HARVARD.EDU>
To: emv@ox.com, farber@central.cis.upenn.edu
Cc: com-priv@uu.psi.com
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Dave, I apologize for upsetting you. I certainly didn't mean
to, and I was upset myself.
Ed, I stand by what I said.
>I had assumed when I posted the message that the esteemed members of
>this list would be able to fetch the document for themselves, decide
>as reasonably well informed members of the internet community what
>they thought of it, and correct me if I was somewhat hyperbolic in
>my description. You characterize this as "bait[ing] them with
>misattributed sound bites". I take offense to this.
You needn't take offense, because that is not what I
characterized as "misattributed sound bites." It was the
misattribution of the paraphrased scenarios to the regional
networks. That's not hyperbole; it's just plain wrong.
>Lame, boring mutterings are left
>behind, no one has time to read them. I try to write stuff that I
>would want to read later.
>Do I bait people with sound bites? Well, I don't often worry about
>that too much. If my descriptions are awful, or if I post awful
>descriptions written by someone else, folks stop reading what I post.
>So far that has not been the case.
A defense of yellow journalism worthy of William Randolph Hearst.
Ed, I think it was the middle of the night and you let your
journalistic prowess get the better of you. I know you do good
stuff. I'd just like to see it directed toward something worthy
of your efforts (like software patents) and not toward maligning
FARNET and the mid-level networks.
Brian Kahin
