[9441] in Commercialization & Privatization of the Internet
Re: Aikens last (but long) posting/comments on ISOC and related issues
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Dick St.Peters)
Wed Jan 5 13:20:58 1994
Date: Wed, 5 Jan 94 13:08:45 EST
From: stpeters@spare-parts.crd.ge.com (Dick St.Peters)
To: Craig.A.Finseth-1@umn.edu, craig@aland.bbn.com
Cc: ietf@ietf.cnri.reston.va.us, com-priv@psi.com,
Reply-To: <stpeters@dawn.crd.ge.com>
> It could move to qed@rice.edu... Thats what it is there for.
Before it moves, I'd like to chip in my $0.02. I can't sort out who
did what when or how much this person or organization did compared to
that one, but collectively they did a hell of a job, and I'm grateful.
Thanks to you all!
A request I get over and over is to list instances where the Internet
has helped in my work. What I tell people is that's like asking me to
list instances of when the building heat helped.
I don't know, but I can't help but wonder if maybe the answer to the
question what does <fill in the blank> do for the Internet isn't often
like that. Not a short list of discrete things but a continuous flow
of background heat that keeps the IP pipes from freezing or leaking and
warms the plumbers in the NOCs.
--
Dick St.Peters
GE Corporate R&D, Schenectady, NY stpeters@dawn.crd.ge.com
