Klarinet Archive - Posting 000512.txt from 1997/03

From: Mark Charette <charette@-----.COM>
Subj: Re: Web Access
Date: Sat, 15 Mar 1997 08:44:07 -0500

I wrote>
> If you don't "surf" the Web that is your choice...
> Mark Charette

Neil responded:
>Ah, but it is not a choice at all. I can't afford internet
>software at the moment (no income). When I begin to make
>some money (it may be a while yet), I'll invest in Netscape
>or some other application and partake of the fruits of
>Sneezy. Even acquiring remote internet access through the
>university requires money up front. Meanwhile, Klarinet must
>suffice. I'll not be accused, not even by implication, that
>I would willfully block my own access to greater knowledge and
>information. This is precisely why I voiced my concern
>about the Sneezy bulletin board. Without access to the
>web, my concern is that yet more interesting and valuable
>information, beyond what I'm already missing, will be
>diverted from the one source where I do presently
>have access.

I think lack of funds may be a specious argument.

Is there no public library with free Internet access? Every public
library in my region has free access, library card or no! Internet
coffee shops? How about local access at your University vs. remote?

As to the Sneezy bulletin board - Why do you really think it
will drain Klarinet? I would think that over the long run,
information and discussions cross posted from sneezy to Klarinet
would add to the information on Klarinet, not subtract - it's
thousands vs. hundreds of people visiting.

I think that in the cases of Europe and Asia things may be
totally different, especially with the communications tariff
system as it currently exists.
--
Mark Charette
charette@-----.com