(OT) Re: Beer and Gear and Merit

Wed Feb 21 17:03:35 UTC 2001

On Wed, 21 Feb 2001, Ukyo Kuonji wrote:

> 
> I AM a little concerned if this was a decision made by Merit.  Last I knew, 
> this was a NANOG meeting, not a Merit meeting.  I do not believe that Merit 
> should be making a decision of this nature without the direct input of the 
> NANOG membership.  If I missed this in October or November, I apologize.
> 

Merit is ultimately rooted in university and government.  The ultimate
bastion of political correctness.

I've always wondered if the academia folks who helped destroy CICnet
with their lack of business sense ever thought about screwing up Merit.  I
know some folks who'd be willing to buy MichNet on the same terms that
they stole CICnet out of the gutter.

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Douglas A. Dever    dever at verio.net
Network Engineering Manager
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