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From: carl@hpcnoe.UUCP (carl)
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Subject: Re: Need for Stargate screening?
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Date: Fri, 11-Jan-85 14:51:00 EST
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Posted: Fri Jan 11 14:51:00 1985
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Nf-From: hpcnoe!carl    Jan 15 11:51:00 1985

Personally, I think that in the long run this whole business about
regulated/unregulated will sort itself out, simply due to market pressure.

There are good reasons for an unregulated network such as this to exist, so
I think that it will continue to do so for quite awhile.  However, in an
environment of information overload, there will arise a demand for editors
who will preen out the "garbage" (as defined by the reader) and come up
with a condensed information flow.  People will even (gasp) PAY for the
privelege, because their time is valuable.

An example of this is our corporate library.  Authors submit lots of ideas,
and publishers pick them up.  They are edited at that point.  When a
publication comes out, quite often this is summarized (edited) again so that
people can quickly scan through it to find the important stuff.  When our
library picks that up, they know what each individual is looking for and
tells them when something interesting pops up.  It is not unusual for an
article to magically appear in my mailbox even though I never requested it.
And it's almost always interesting (to me).

This is a quite valuable service.  If there's anybody out there who wants
to start a company to do the same thing with on-line information they would
probably have a decent chance of succeeding.  It's happening elsewhere.

Carl Dierschow
Hewlett Packard
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