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REPLY TO 05/18/89 15:10 FROM XAIT!DEE@HUSC6.HARVARD.EDU "Donald Eastlake": Re:
Finally, Peer-to-Peer non-dedicated AppleShare, this month!!!

In article <46010@XAIT.Xerox.COM> xait!dee@husc6.harvard.edu
(Donald Eastlake) writes:

     "Although not exactly the same thing, there is
     also the furor over the racist/sexist material in
     the jokes group that has, due to threats of legal
     action, caused it to be banned in some areas."

Though I dislike participating in exchanges which digress
so they lose all relevance to the original topic, I feel
compelled to note that, if Donald is referring to the
Stanford University flap about the jokes file containing
material judged racist/sexist, the action to remove it
from Stanford's institutional computer sytems had NOTHING
to do with legal threats nor were there any....and, in
fact, access to the files is about to be restored for
reasons relating to academic freedom and freedom of expression.

Back to the original subject....I side entirely with Uhrig
and the original critic of the Moroney message and author(ess?)
of the first note suggesting that elevating the awareness of
the market power of THE NETWORK is useful.  It IS useful
and there are many other (logical) networks which are well
understood by suppliers and the marketplace in terms of
their impact on the market.  Any supplier who threatens
effective communication within the market they serve
risks exposure and condemnation within that market....a
fate far worse than dealing with criticism ....like an
adult.  Let us risk the wrath of the lawyers.....my
lawyers are better than their lawyers anyway!!

Now, can we get back to the real business of this
maillist......p l e a s e!

....from one who has been sued for slander and survived.

Bill Yundt
Director, Networking Systems, Stanford University
Executive Director, Bay Area Regional Research Network
Board Member - BITNET, Federation of
American Research Networks, California Internet Federation
and Flame Retardant Society of America

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