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Re: (OT) Re: Beer and Gear and Merit
From: Jeff Ogden <jogden () merit edu>
Date: Wed, 21 Feb 2001 15:51:35 -0500
At 12:03 PM -0500 2/21/01, Douglas A. Dever wrote: Merit is ultimately rooted in university and government. The ultimate
bastion of political correctness. I've always wondered if the academia folks who helped destroy CICnet with their lack of business sense ever thought about screwing up Merit. I know some folks who'd be willing to buy MichNet on the same terms that they stole CICnet out of the gutter.
Merit is governed by a bunch of Michigan universities. But to be honest NANOG doesn't come up for discussion at Merit Board meetings too often. And as far as I know Beer and Gear has never been discussed by the Merit Board. Merit isn't directly tied to or controlled by any governments unless you count the public universities as government or you think that governments control us all at some level.
Sorry, but MichNet isn't for sale. I don't know if that is a sign that Merit is or isn't screwed up, but whatever it is it isn't anything new. We've either been screwed up, or not, or something in between for many years now (34 and counting in fact).
-Jeff
Current thread:
- Re: Beer and Gear surprise, (continued)
- Re: Beer and Gear surprise Bill Woodcock (Feb 24)
- Re: Beer and Gear surprise Russell Briggs (Feb 24)
- Re: Beer and Gear surprise Daniel L. Golding (Feb 24)
- Message not available
- Re: Beer and Gear surprise Hank Nussbacher (Feb 24)
- OT: Re: Beer and Gear surprise Ken Woods (Feb 24)
- (OT) Re: Beer and Gear and Merit Douglas A. Dever (Feb 24)
- Re: (OT) Re: Beer and Gear and Merit Jeff Ogden (Feb 24)
- Re: Beer and Gear surprise Stephen Stuart (Feb 24)
- Re: Beer and Gear surprise John M . Brown (Feb 24)
- Re: Beer and Gear surprise Stephen Stuart (Feb 24)
- Re[2]: Beer and Gear surprise Joe McGuckin (Feb 24)
- Re: Beer and Gear surprise John M . Brown (Feb 24)
- Re: Re[2]: Beer and Gear surprise John Fraizer (Feb 24)
- Re: Re[2]: Beer and Gear surprise Bill Woodcock (Feb 24)
- Re: Re[2]: Beer and Gear surprise Andy (Feb 24)