At 05:15 PM 8/5/99 +0200, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>Craig,
>
>You wrote:
>> Okay, we seem to think there is absolutely nothing public about the
>> Internet, and that this allows us to finally break free of
>> the burden of
>> government.
>
>It happens all the time.
>When new ideas get started, they are largely financed with public resources
>(=governments with taxpayers money), often in a lack of interest of the
>private sector.
Sure, just think of those grants that Marconi, Bell and others had.
VHS
Compact Casette
HDTV
8mm Video
MP3
Cable
Where was their government support ?
This program posts news to thousands of machines throughout the entire
civilized world. Your message will cost the net hundreds if not thousands of
dollars to send everywhere. Please be sure you know what you are doing.
Are you absolutely sure that you want to do this? [ny]
