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- From: bhoughto@sedona.intel.com (Blair P. Houghton)
- Newsgroups: news.misc,comp.misc,news.admin.misc,alt.folklore.computers,misc.misc
- Subject: Re: How is the Net financed and what does it cost?
- Date: 9 Nov 1992 02:16:11 GMT
- Organization: Intel Corp., Chandler, Arizona
- Lines: 20
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- In article <34HwTB1w164w@rbyte.proteus.qc.ca> grb@rbyte.proteus.qc.ca (G. Randolph Bickerton) writes:
- >In an earlier response to this overall question someone's signature stated
- >that "there is no such thing as a free lunch!" . As for the internet there
- >is just a lot of "charity". WE all share the net because some larger
- >organizations ( academic, corporate, government etc) have the hardware in
- >place; pay for the major transmission costs and let the little guy
- >piggyback.
-
- Cooperation, not charity.
-
- You pay your portion of the hard costs of the net, just
- like you pay for the lavatories in your workplace and the
- managers who run your life for you. Even if you don't have
- to write the check, it comes out of the grand collection of
- the world's resources you are allowed to use before someone
- slaps your wrist and says you're hogging wrt your contribution.
-
- --Blair
- "I want to be anarchy."
- -Johnny Lydon
-