Date:  Fri, 9 Dec 1994 10:20:12 EST

From:  BERGDAHL[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]OUVAXA.CATS.OHIOU.EDU

Subject: Re: An Ad and a Question



From:  NAME: David Bergdahl

    FUNC: English

    TEL: (614) 593-2783          <BERGDAHL[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]A1[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]OUVAX>

To:   MX%"ADS-L[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]uga.cc.uga.edu"[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]MRGATE[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]OUVAX



Natalie,

    I was merely referring to the fact that the Defense Dept. set up the

Internet originally; whatever investment there was initially was government

funded. And not only initially: when Ohio State got its supercomputer the state

government paid for the optical fiber link between Columbus and the

state-sponsored universities. The obvious analogy is that the state builds

highways that private firms use for profit, but not all trucks plop their loads

in your den (or whereever your terminal is: mine is in a former-kid's bedroom)

                        db