[9323] in Commercialization & Privatization of the Internet
Re: The annointed
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (David Piscitello (Core Competence))
Wed Dec 29 09:43:13 1993
Date: Wed, 29 Dec 93 09:41:20 -0500
From: David Piscitello (Core Competence) <wk04464@worldlink.com>
To: tully@cscns.com (Ed Tully)
Cc: com-priv@psi.com
Those that are proposing to sell Internet in a box are *not* bringing
anything to the net. All the stuff we now take for granted as free - datbases
from universities, gophers, Wais, etc., were built by people who reap no
financial return of any consequence - unless there are some Internet
millionaires out there that I don't know about
I can't speak for all the folks who built databases or
the protocols they operate over, but I think some of
us did it as much for the fun, stimulation, and
satisfaction as the money. We all reaped something,
and I don't begrudge millionaires be they of the
Internet or other "culture"
Dave Piscitello
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