[9563] in Commercialization & Privatization of the Internet
Re: Internet in a box (fwd)
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Doug Humphrey)
Mon Jan 10 23:03:33 1994
Date: Mon, 10 Jan 1994 23:02:22 -0500 (EST)
From: Doug Humphrey <digex@ss1.digex.net>
To: com-priv@psi.com
>After all, TJWatson was convinced that there would be fewer than
>20 computers in the whole world, with lots of connects to them
>as terminals. Does the same hold true for providers?
Not to take sides, but all of the computers involved didn't
have to coordinate and cooperate the way that Internet service
providers do. The comparison is imperfect also in that one is
a product, the other a service. Very different business models.
Doug
