Um OK. You obviously know more about it than I do, and my cynical side has
been stirred. It's a bummer, though. That warm fuzzy feeling that I was
getting by participating in the project has been taken from me.
Maybe I can get it back with the following memory. (Warning, sentimental
claptrap will now follow) A friend of mine, who has since moved away, used
to make a habit out of giving money to those people who beg on street
corners with signs that say all sorts of pathetic stuff. I asked him "Why
do you do that? Don't you know it's just a scam?"
"Yeah" he replied "but what's important is that I give them something, not
that they got something or what they will do with it."
You see, I honestly believe that everyone should have access to what I
have. This access could simply be a matter of education, or it could be
physical access to resources. I also believe in free software. I think
giving some of my time with these beliefs in mind is more important than the
motivations of EFN or OPN. Maybe it won't even fly, but I would have still
done something.
Other people look at it different. I have no opinions of the quality or
fairness or anything else of OPN/EFN. I know very little about them.
Tim
> Oh puhleze....EFN is as much a lefty tax break scam as it is
> a lesbian and
> queer gold-star e-mail address badge.
>
> OPN/EFN, etc. said years ago one tenet was free/cheap access
> for the masses...
> Today? Liberal pillars of society get "guaranteed" access over Joe and
> Joann User and the POP's are limited to Lane Co.
> metropolis...in the county
> you're on your own as you would be with QWorst or any other provider.
>
> Free speech? Laughable....they'll roll over for an FBI
> inquiry faster than
> the POTS providers....
>
> - jk
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> James S. Kaplan KG7FU
> Eugene Oregon USA
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> http://www.rio.com/~kg7fu
> ICQ # 1227639
> Have YOU tried Linux today?
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