>The Internet is already thousands of distinct networks, all interconnected
>(public and private). There are even many commercial networks in that bunch.
Read what you quoted. I wrote says two "internetworks," not two networks.
And the essay doesn't talk about commercial vs. non-commercial, it talks
about advertising-based vs. non-advertising based.
>So, while the history of the printing press is very interesting you failed
>to differentiate your scheme from what we already have.
What scheme?
>
>> cable and broadcast industries. The "Anti-net" will rely on advertising
>But if they are interconnected then what is to prevent the advertisements
>from going to the non-commercial Internet? The commercial customers that
>do the spamming, post to the non-commercial resources on purpose because
>they can get away with it; that is the problem. If they would stick to
>their own playgrounds then I think everyone would be happy now.
That last sentence is exactly my point... except that everyone will never
be happy. ;-)
Nick
Multimedia Computing Corp.
Campbell, California
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