[635] in Commercialization & Privatization of the Internet
Re: Perhaps dismissal ...
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Lyle Seaman)
Thu Apr 25 17:57:33 1991
From: lws@capybara.comm.wang.com (Lyle Seaman)
To: kwe2@bbn.com, lws@capybara.comm.wang.com
Cc: com-priv@psi.com
Date: Thu, 25 Apr 91 12:43:45 EDT
Kent writes
..."StarNet"
It was called "Stargate". I was interested in other things then,
so I don't know all the sordid details about why it failed.
Someone said "it self-destructed". Could somebody on the list
fill Kent and I in on this? Is Mark Horton on the list? Mark?
Kent, I'm not intimate with the details of attempts to use CATV
for PDNs, I only know that it hasn't been wildly succesful. I
am interested in your opinions as to why it doesn't match a
market need. Perhaps that situation will change...
Lyle Wang lws@wang.com
508 967 2322 Lowell, MA, USA
