[8785] in Commercialization & Privatization of the Internet
Re: TIME magazine article spreads NSFnet MYTH
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (David Farber)
Sat Dec 4 19:30:44 1993
Date: Sat, 4 Dec 1993 19:29:45 -0500
To: dave@oldcolo.com (Dave Hughes),
From: farber@central.cis.upenn.edu (David Farber)
Cc: com-priv@psi.com (compriv)
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>And when I read the TIME article, in its paper form, and read another
>missimpression when Dave Farber is quoted as saying the Internet
>"...is a perfect Marxist state, where almost nobody does any
>business"????????? Why did you say that Dave? Or were you misquoted
>or taken out of context. I can't beleive THAT whole paragraph on
>commercialization and the Internet either. But millions of Americans,
>now alerted by ALL the press and media to that arcane thing called
What was writen was (wonder if anyone reads whole papers anymore}:
" The Internet, however, will have to go through some radical changes
before it can join the world of commerce. Subsidized for so long by the
Federal Government, its culture is not geared to normal business
activities. It does not take kindly to unsolicited advertisements; use
electronic mail to promote your product and you are likely to be inundated
with hate mail directed not only at you personally but also at your
supervisor, your suppliers and your customers as well. ``It's a perfect
Marxist state, where almost nobody does any business,'' says Farber. ``But
at some point that will have to change.''"
The way I read this is for a long time doing business on the net was and is
considered BAD by most people who use the net. Just try to send out an
advertisement. That " will have to change"
I believe it will, must and is changing. There is no way we can continue to
be non-commercial and grow
Arguments!!
Dave
