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From: amanda@intercon.uu.net (Amanda Walker)
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Subject: Re: Franchise Opportunity
Message-ID: <1366@intercon.UUCP>
Date: 15 Aug 89 15:57:27 GMT
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In article <1363@intercon.UUCP>, I said:
> And you're pretty out of date.  A lot of Usenet news is propagated across
> NSFnet, but the NSF is not DARPA.  ARPAnet is quickly ceasing to exist...
> 
> The folks at the NSF have said (I don't remember the exact quote) "go ahead
> and use the bandwidth for News.  We'll make more..."
> 
> This isn't to say you don't have a point, but you might want to bone up
> a little on NSFnet, MILNET, and the plans for the National Research Internet
> before pontificating...

I thought I'd clarify my statement, since I've gotten a couple of objections
to it in email...

I was responding to the (fairly condescending) claim that amounted to "if
the DARPA pulls the plug, you'll be sorry."  The Internet != ARPAnet.  As
I said in the last paragraph, I think that Steven had a point, but that he
expressed it poorly.  Some of the ground rules have changed.  Some of them
haven't, but pretending that everything is just like it was a decade ago
is (ahem) generally not a great way to sound knowledgeable...

Sorry for any confusion.

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Amanda Walker
InterCon Systems Corporation
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