Re: Death of Net predicted... (Was_Re: 10,000? 1,000. etc)

["Joseph A. Falejczyk" <joe@spiderweb.com>]

> Date:          Tue, 19 Nov 1996 11:32:58 -0500
> I, Bob Allisat, wrote:
> > If there are problems scaling
> > this idea it's up to the techies
> > to solve them. Okay, Internet
> > geniuses. Now go out and solve
> > the problems instead of whining
> > about them.
> 
> 
> Joseph A. Falejczyk wrote:
> >So the techies are all here to simply implement whatever whim Bob
> >comes up with because that's the way it is? I think not.
> >
> >Yes, Bob, technology is wonderful. But it does need to be planned.
> >
> >I noticed you didn't try to explain or answer any of my other
> >thoughts, just the one you could attack with the sensational subject
> >line. Are you/have you ever been a journalist (I use the term loosely)?
> >
> >I thought this was a serious discussion here, not a marketing
> >meeting.
> 
> 
>  With respect: what people want
>  is what they should get. I didn't
>  invent the discontent with NSI and
>  Internic. It's no PR ploy to say
>  that people are angry about having
>  to shell out hard currancy to a
>  US monopoly when technically any
>  TLD they might want is possible
>  in their own city or country.
> 
>  Fact: the hardware, software and
>  connectivity exits *NOW* to at least
>  allow hundreds of more Top Level
>  Domains and Domain registries.
>  IMPLIMENT IT OR GET OUT THE WAY
>  AND LET SOME OTHER GROUP TAKE OVER
>  WHICH CAN. Technicians have no place
>  determining policy. That's for the
>  public and their hopefully democratic
>  processes to assign. Do the job or
>  say it's impossible. Otherwise...
> 

Gee, Bob. You seem to have a problem with:

-Americans
-People you refer to as "techies"
-Anyone who will not do what you say

You consistantly avoid any direct questions put to you and use your 
reply as an opportunity to jump up on your soapbox to scream & yell & 
pound your chest.

I would settle down a bit, If I wanted to be taken seriously.