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On Tue, 2 Jun 1998, Jay R. Ashworth wrote: > Now, even at this late date, it seems to me that many people, some in > positions of power over the stuff we do here, still think that the > folks who run the net are a bunch of asocial geeks and nerds who can't > play nice together. The folks on this list don't run the net. They just operate the equipment that runs one of the private networks that forms a portion of the Internet. They don't necessarily even make all of the policy decisions for that one network that they do operate. This is a plumbers list, not the municipal water board list. > Anyway, my point is: if we, as the keepers of the bits, give the > appearance that we can't keep our own sandbox clean, when someone is so > clearly violating the rules which pertain to that portion of it, what > appearance does that give of us to "outsiders", who may be listening in, > about our ability to do the job we actually get paid for. They're probably wondering why those plumbers don't solve the problem with a piece of lead pipe. Of course they fail to realize that most of the plumbers are wearing earplugs and are wondering what all the fuss is about. > I've changed the subject line so people who aren't interested in this > thread can can it. Darn! Me too. -- Michael Dillon - Internet & ISP Consulting Memra Communications Inc. - E-mail: [email protected] http://www.memra.com - *check out the new name & new website*
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