# Re: Last Call: URL to Proposed and URN- and IRL-Reqs to Informational

Fisher Mark (FisherM@is3.indy.tce.com)
Fri, 23 Sep 94 08:05:00 PDT

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    From: Fisher Mark <FisherM@is3.indy.tce.com>

    To: "'URI'" <uri@bunyip.com>

    Subject: Re: Last Call: URL to Proposed and URN- and IRL-Reqs to  Informational

    Date: Fri, 23 Sep 94 08:05:00 PDT

    Message-Id: <2E82EF37@MSMAIL.INDY.TCE.COM>

PAP writes in <780302265.24585.0-faugeres.inria.fr*@MHS>:
>If they stand on their position, I suggest to broadcast widely the message
> that OSF is a war machine against users, and to propose to organize
> a boycot of OSF technologies when they don't suit user needs. And we
users
> will decide what suits us and what not.

I agree that we should boycott OSF when the technology does not suit our
needs. However, I think the reason behind OSF's stand is closer to:

"Do not attribute to malice what can be adequately explained by stupidity."

(or ignorance, in this case). Without a realization that you *could* post
this stuff out on the Internet, a $70 charge seems pretty reasonable. If
they persist on this issue, we can probably safely ignore OSF, as they will
have little influence on the future direction of naming schemes.
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Mark Fisher Thomson Consumer Electronics
fisherm@indy.tce.com Indianapolis, IN

"Just as you should not underestimate the bandwidth of a station wagon
traveling 65 mph filled with 8mm tapes, you should not overestimate
the bandwidth of FTP by mail."

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