Re: Runaway Global Warming Possible!

From: Eric Chomko (echomko_at__at_polaris.umuc.edu)
Date: 02/14/05 

Date: Mon, 14 Feb 2005 18:11:34 +0000 (UTC)

Vendicar Decarian (VD@Pyro.net) wrote:

: > "Vendicar Decarian" <VD@Pyro.net>
: > >This discussion started with the fact that the internet as it has come to
: be
: > >known was developed by the good socialists at CERN.

: "Rand Simberg" <simberg.interglobal@org.trash> wrote
: > That is not a fact. There is much more to the Internet than the web,
: > or HTML.

: Yes, virtually all of the net's software components were created for the
: benefit of the community, rather than for the benefit of some corporate
: bottom line.

Perhaps, but the internet was a US Army government program that was then
turned over to the private sector to flourish. The fact that folks want to
add to it for non-profit reasons is fine but that doesn't mean that its
use as a business tool is any less important.

Eric

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