> Marc, what you desire and suggest corresponds exactly with the mindset of
> those powerful entities who want to establish ubiquitous e-commerce on
> *our* internet: they want to own and control the internet. They represent
> *big* money and influence *big* government. The collection of "evil"
Bologna! Dave, this is akin to saying that Stallman is a sinister
entrepeneur, trying to control software distribution with his GPL.
There's a wide gap between controlling the internet and expressing
frustration over virus distributors.
> crackers, script kiddies, and spammers is *nothing* compared to the
> entities that are lobying to rule *our* internet.
As you said, there is no relationship between the two. So why are you
equating Mark's comments with an e-commerce takeover of the Internet.
For that matter, how can you view e-commerce on the Internet to be a
problem when the very operating system you use is so dependent upon
the Internet for its e-commerce? Maybe a switch to decaf could
straighten this out in your mind (grin).
There are problems on the Internet. One of them is crackers using
other people as targets of their gaming activity. It did my heart
good to see the kid that shut down a bunch of major sites with his
demand for service antics plead guilty to the 55counts against him. I
agree with the other post that suggested that spending time on our own
security is important but just as I put my money in the bank, I
require that there be laws against people blowing up banks and walking
away with the money. Mark has expressed a desire for no more...no
less.
Cheers --- Larry
