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In milw.general article <1gq271INNreg@uwm.edu>, eli@csd4.csd.uwm.edu (Elihu Lubkin) wrote:
:     My company recently got internet access through UWM.  Although we
:     are a large company, our research budget is miniscule: I think the
:     main users of the new access will be our research people.
:     Research in private industry is taking a bad beating in today's
:     economy--this particular paying connection is definitely in 
:     support of research, in complete compliance with the spirit of
:     WiscNet's charter.
:                              --Thelma Lubkin

Obviously, this is often true.  However, as a previous message by Dean Roth
pointed out, many companies could use this for their own gain.  Long haul data
links are expensive, face it.  A company would have to be downright stupid
not to jump at a chance to use the Internet / WiscNet to an advantage.

That is not intended to be a blanket accusation saying that all companies
necessarily have this motive in mind.

... Joe

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