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Re: How NOT to Use the Internet to Bolster Public Confidence

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From: john_beamish
Date: Sun, 14 Mar 1999 00:00
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In article <36eb64f2.788448@news.supernews.com>,
  rutat@cadvision.com wrote:
> For anyone interested in seeing how NOT to use the Internet
> correctly, [snip] Rather than install limits, they just close the
> whole thing off. Talk about a good way to breed public
> distrust.
>

I'm of two minds here because they did, after all, install a limit.  It's just
that the limit is zero.

Without knowing more about the construction of the site (Are they required to
host it on an internal server -- and that server is already overloaded
handling other "stuff"?) it's difficult to assess the cause of the problem.

As it is, Mississauga doesn't even seem to provide this information.

John Beamish
former CIPS member

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