In a message dated 99-09-30 23:51:24 EDT, you write: << Way out of this misery ? First: insist on public, open standards. Definitely a political issue. Despite of what some people in the accountants depts. may think, ADA (the US-"Americans with Disabilities Act") has done miracles simply by "being there", re-inforcing those standards-that-be against the authoritarian gimmickry of AOL/N$/M$/etc. presidents. >> Just as here, in America, which supports its Public Radio and Television Stations,We should be able to expect that these Giants of Industry shall bend and lend a paternal hand in keeping a small, disgruntled segment of the World connected to its Internet Access thru the continued Free- Access to DOS SLIP/PPP and other segmented programs stored for the downloading in repositories world-wide. I have no fear that for many moons to come, this style of benefaction through these large Corporations will keep the accessibility to the Internet relatively open and readily available. Soulement <no cute paraphrase, just abated concern> To unsubscribe from SURVPC send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with unsubscribe SURVPC in the body of the message. Also, trim this footer from any quoted replies.
