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: <292@ssp18.idca.tds.philips.nl> Date: 3 Dec 88 08:31:40 GMT References: <7649@well.UUCP> <8081@bloom-beacon.MIT.EDU> <5008@brspyr1.BRS.Com> Organization: Philips Telecommunication and Data Systems, The Netherlands Lines: 26 In article <5008@brspyr1.BRS.Com> miket@brspyr1.BRS.Com (Mike Trout) writes: : :> I think that we have seen how the Soviets have cut research costs by copying :> our Shuttle, : :It is NOT a copy. It looks similar (would you care to show me a hypothetical :shuttle design that doesn't?), but there are substantial internal :differences-- :[...] : It works both ways, though-- : What's wrong with that anyway. Everbody would do it provided the information. The Japanese did to build their economy and look what happened. They have now taken over in area's where they were copying (camera's, cars? ). Isn't it sience's progress to read what people have done before you and extend or improve the ideas? Information exchange is vital for the western world. The USSR has access to all of that (they can buy magazines etc. as well as I can). Let's make sure we have access to their achievements so we can benifit from it just like they do. Let's have them on the net. -- # Michiel Fierst van Wijnandsbergen Internet fierst@idca.tds.philips.nl # # Philips Telecomm. and Data Systems UUCP ...!mcvax!philapd!fierst #