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Article #57254Re: closure of the linux areas on ftp.dstc.edu.au
From: Stephen Hearn
Date: Wed, 06 Nov 1996 00:00
Date: Wed, 06 Nov 1996 00:00
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jason andrade wrote:
>
> lb@ariel.ucs.unimelb.EDU.AU (Lindsay Berge) writes:
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> >I have heard that the ANU is no longer going to fund sunsite.anu.edu.au
> >which will increase the costs for all the other Universities as software
> >is brought in from the US separately for each user. Can't anyone in
> >authority see the broader aspects of these policies?
>
> unfortunately, the technical people at the coalface of the net aren't usually
> the people who control funding and policy. there's only so much we can do
> trying to justify things just becomes a waste of time / personal liability..
We are seeing the end of an era here. The free-internet is very much
an endangered species. This may be a necessary evil however, since
the recent upsurge in popularity means that it must adapt to survive.
Looking forward to Chapter 2 ...
--
"Sometimes the milk can hurt you" - "The Dangerous Kitchen"
Frank Zappa 1983
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