Re: ?End of Internet as we know it

[David Farber <farber () central cis upenn edu>]

> Posted-Date: Sun, 6 Jun 1993 14:30:35 -0400 (EDT)
> Date: Sun, 6 Jun 1993 14:30:35 -0400 (EDT)
> From: Vigdor Schreibman - FINS <fins () access digex net>
> Subject: Re: ?End of Internet as we know it 
> To: John Curran <jcurran () nic near net>
> Cc: Vigdor Schreibman - FINS <fins () access digex net>, com-priv () psi com

<<<<<<I have removed a long conversation but wanted to bring to  your
attention the following statement . ... DJF >>>>>


>  New models are being created to deal with contemporary realities, by the
> research and education mission cannot survive if it does not remain
> liberated from profit maximizing pressures.  The sale of information by
> libraries, and the sale of network connectivity by educators, could be a
> great marketing tool for private industry.  But converting our libraries
> and colleges into sales outlets for the telco-computer-information giants,
> is not my idea of a viable future for the NREN/Internet.  Others who have
> been experimenting with these ideas have come to similar conclusions. 
> [Berry, K. Wayne's World: OCLC Confronts the Future, in LIBRARY JOURNAL
> Vol 118, No. 9, May 15, 1993, at 28].
>
> Vigdor