At 09:29 AM 5/25/99 -0400, A.M. Rutkowski wrote:
>It's worth noting, however, that as to your own preference of
>organizational constructs, the bodies you reference have
>stridently opposed the Internet's development over many years -
Well, is certainly would be constructive to pursue this line of attack,
wouldn't it?
So, let's ignore the fact that things have changed, including their
attitudes. And certainly let's ignore the considerable constituency that
those organizations encompass.
After all, we aren't really concerned about being TRULY inclusive, are we?
No, we would rather stir things up and keep a tone of tension and mistrust,
to make sure that "policy" consultants are sure to have a job trying to
help sort through the mess that THEY helped create.
sigh.
d/
>The Internet developed as it did - in the face of those bodies -
>through private sector, business initiatives and bottom-up,
>collaborative, de facto standards and arrangements. It was
Yup. Government had nothing to do with it. No US funds were important to
the development at all.
We certainly should not try to view this as a COLLABORATION amongst private
and government groups.
What is most interesting is to see the story change, so that in one
context, Tony claims that massive government funds give the US government
complete rights over the evolution, and now his is saying it was only
private money.
Sure would be nice to get a consistent story.
d/
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