At 02:39 PM 7/15/99 , Richard J. Sexton wrote:
>The Internet is not some vast public resource that is the birthright
>of every living soul. It's not, of course, it's a club of people that
The Internet happened as the antithesis of the traditional
public resource approach to telecommunications over the past
150 years. It happened because individuals and private
companies had a common incentive and mechanism to create,
develop and share their own resources.
This is not meant to denigrate programmes that provide people
with the skills and capabilities for creating their own resources
and shared access capabilities. However, there are no rights
involved, just important skill sets.
--tony
