[8942] in Commercialization & Privatization of the Internet
FW: NSF, $18 million, etc.
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Updegraff)
Mon Dec 13 15:58:19 1993
Date: 13 Dec 1993 14:55:25 -0800
From: "Updegraff" <Updegraff@mac.ripon.edu>
To: "com-priv" <com-priv@psi.com>
Miles R. Fidelman says:
>.....
>The issue is really one of how to use the Government's funding and
>regulatory authority to make sure that the Internet becomes incorporated
>into the mainstream of our telecommunications infrastructure, rather than
>marginalized as a "government funded network for academics." In this
>regard, there is certainly room to question the way in which NSF is
>spending its money, rather than the amount that is being spent.
Personally, I'd rather be 'marginalized as a "government funded network for
academics."' I believe that's quite an appropriate role for NSF.
-Bill Updegraff
Ripon College
