Who runs the net

Wed Jun 3 01:14:10 UTC 1998

On Tue, Jun 02, 1998 at 03:13:07PM -0700, Michael Dillon wrote:
> On Tue, 2 Jun 1998, Jay R. Ashworth wrote:
> > Now, even at this late date, it seems to me that many people, some in
> > positions of power over the stuff we do here, still think that the
> > folks who run the net are a bunch of asocial geeks and nerds who can't
> > play nice together.
> 
> The folks on this list don't run the net. They just operate the equipment
> that runs one of the private networks that forms a portion of the
> Internet. They don't necessarily even make all of the policy decisions for
> that one network that they do operate. This is a plumbers list, not the
> municipal water board list.

Stipulated.

> > Anyway, my point is: if we, as the keepers of the bits, give the
> > appearance that we can't keep our own sandbox clean, when someone is so
> > clearly violating the rules which pertain to that portion of it, what
> > appearance does that give of us to "outsiders", who may be listening in,
> > about our ability to do the job we actually get paid for.
> 
> They're probably wondering why those plumbers don't solve the problem with
> a piece of lead pipe. Of course they fail to realize that most of the
> plumbers are wearing earplugs and are wondering what all the fuss is
> about.

<chuckle>

I was _reaching_ for my lead pipe, Michael.  

> > I've changed the subject line so people who aren't interested in this
> > thread can can it.
> 
> Darn! Me too.

Silly boy.

Cheers,
-- jra
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