The Telecom bill in a nutshell [cr-951223]

1995-12-23

Richard Moore

The PFF coffers, the cables fill,
        the Foundation funds the grinch.
The grinch writes them a dandy bill,
        the open network's death is a cinch.

-rkm

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Date:         Fri, 22 Dec 1995
From: "David S. Bennahum" <•••@••.•••>
Subject:      MEME 1.09
To: Multiple recipients of list MEME <•••@••.•••>

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Java is the product of several people, but one, James Gosling [Sun] , stands out
as the lead designer behind the project.

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DB: The cable industry is the antithesis of an open Network, I would say.

JG: Yeah.  They took the whole open Network pitch and said "oh my god! Our
worst nightmare,"

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