[9508] in Commercialization & Privatization of the Internet
Re: Advisory Committee E-mail Addresses
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Karl Denninger)
Fri Jan 7 01:17:18 1994
From: karl@mcs.com (Karl Denninger)
To: emv@garnet.msen.com (Edward Vielmetti)
Date: Fri, 7 Jan 1994 00:16:04 -0600 (CST)
Cc: com-priv@uu.psi.com
In-Reply-To: <m0pIA6r-000EjvC@garnet.msen.com> from "Edward Vielmetti" at Jan 7, 94 00:51:00 am
> In article <940106212111.20400a9e@BPA.ARIZONA.EDU> you wrote:
>
> : arrive at its destination. That said, there's no reason why the Advisory
> : Committee members ought not to solicit myriad views electronically.
>
> Modern mail readers have filtering and mailbox sorting capabilities
> which allow the person inflicted with a mob's worth of e-mail to
> sort the mob's mail into one mailbox and the inner circle's mail
> into another. Widespread installation of these sorts of mailers
> would be a considerable improvement in the National Information
> Infrastructure.
On the other hand, if the "privileged few" decide to ignore their
constituents (and those who they are supposed to be serving), which you
characterize as a mob, we will just continue to build and operate our own
networks and say "The hell with NII".
The net has done quite well without some "grand vision", most of which looks
to me like a pay-per-byte interactive TV system so far. In fact, the
vision (and implmentation) of those of us who aren't sucking on the
federal tit seems to be doing very well indeed, while the others are
dreaming of pay-by-the-second revenues of up to a trillion dollars.
Dreaming is, I believe, the right word for this.
We build networks, not <notworks> -- like some that have been promised
the US taxpayer (and delivered a year and half late) before.
Those who can do. Those who can't teach. Those who can't teach consult
to the Federal Government and get appointed to panels so they can claim
they "do" by fiat instead of accomplishment.
A healthy competitive atmosphere could render the entire federally-funded
"NII" completely moot. I noted with interest some of the people on that
committee -- representatives from most of the major entertainment people
(Disney, etc), communications folks, and really nobody who is currently
making it work -- at reasonable cost -- for the common person -- like
Barry or myself.
Anyone catch CNN's TV-2000 special the other night? I found it quite
interesting, especially the investment folks who are forming a pool on who
will be the first to lose $1 Billion trying to play this market :-)
Considering that they are the people who disagree with the mainstream
thought pattern on this, they're probably right if past performance of Wall
Street is any indication.
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