Path: utzoo!utgpu!watmath!clyde!att!osu-cis!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!mailrus!nrl-cmf!ames!pasteur!agate!labrea!decwrl!sun!pitstop!sundc!seismo!uunet!mcvax!hp4nl!philapd!ssp18!michiel From: michiel@idca.tds.PHILIPS.nl (Michiel Fierst van Wijnandsbergen) Newsgroups: comp.misc Subject: Re: Soviet Access to Usenet Message-ID: <293@ssp18.idca.tds.philips.nl> Date: 3 Dec 88 08:57:38 GMT References: <7649@well.UUCP> <8081@bloom-beacon.MIT.EDU> <17651@gatech.edu> <8114@bloom-beacon.MIT.EDU> <268@lloyd.camex.uucp> Organization: Philips Telecommunication and Data Systems, The Netherlands Lines: 23 In article <268@lloyd.camex.uucp: kent@lloyd.UUCP (Kent Borg) writes: : :There seems to be agreement that the Soviets would not gain anything :new if they had a USENET feed, only that it might save them time and :money. : Correct. Let's make sure that we can also gain by having them provide information to us too. :Pointer: If you _really_ want to undermine the Soviet system, :introduce something as uncontrollable and anarchic as USENET. We :shouldn't be fighting to _prevent_ a USENET feed, we should be :fighting to _install_ one (unless we are afraid the Soviets might get :suspicious and prevent it themselves, in which case some of use should :argue against it to make it more acceptable to them--Mr. Denner: Glad :to know you are on my side, keep up the good work). : I really liked this one... This is a very serious and valid argument in the whole discussion :-) -- # Michiel Fierst van Wijnandsbergen Internet fierst@idca.tds.philips.nl # # Philips Telecomm. and Data Systems UUCP ...!mcvax!philapd!fierst #