Klarinet Archive - Posting 000117.txt from 1994/12

From: Jay Heiser <pp001887@-----.COM>
Subj: Re: list prices etc
Date: Thu, 8 Dec 1994 20:28:26 -0500

>Frankly folks, I don't think that giving list prices on this 'list' is
>inappropriate (and realize that I may be invoking the wrath of unseen
>internet Gods by declaring so).

>
>In the grand expanding world of electronic communication, there are going to be
>many issues of what is and is not appropriate - let's save our energies for the
>bigger stuff later on!
>
Don't college professors get paid for their educational work?
Couldn't any communication on this mailing list by clarinet
professionals meet a loose definition of commerciality?
We're all involved in commerce, aren't we?

The net has changed radically. Fortunately, users have begun to pay their
own way, so the Internet is no longer a government monopoly. Legitimate
concerns about our tax money funding unacceptable activities are almost
a thing of the past now. This means that we have the freedom to determine
for ourselves what we consider acceptable.

I do believe that we should be sensitive to the wishes of our sponsor,
though, who provides us machine time and storage space.

Jay Heiser, pp001887@-----.com