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Subject: Re: [OM] [OT] Further on technology (R&D)
From: "John Cwiklinski" <plinkochips@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 30 Jul 2002 11:05:34 -0700
Lee wrote:


Government? Naaaah!
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My turn! "Internic" was created by the government because no one in the public sector understood the Internet and there was no way to administer domain names, IP's and so on. So they were govt. funded to do just that. Registration then began to pay for itself and then some. Registration is by the public sector now, because everyone cried "foul" that the govt. held a monopoly. Costs are still the same.

On the flip side of things, here in the US, the govt. still wants to tax Internet usage (and E-mail) by individuals and businesses. The bill keeps getting introduced and it keeps getting defeated. If this bill ever passes, we will see the modern day version of the Boston Tea Party.

John Cwiklinski

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