Re: Question on starting a new PBM or PBeM game

From: sjc@cs.purdue.EDU (Steve Chapin)

Date: Sun, 22 Mar 1992 03:47:16 +0000

}} In article <1992Mar21.213430.8671@daimi.aau.dk> rorschak@daimi.aau.dk (Jesper Lauridsen) writes:
}}
}} >a) "professional" PBM companies don't have the technical expertise (or
}} >whereithal, or ...) to hook up to a network
}}
}} They are not allowed to.

Yes, they are.  There is one network, the NSFNET, that has an
Acceptable Use Policy that disallows commercial traffic (with one
notable exception, which is causing a stir in the industry).  Many
other networks have no such restriction.

}} As said by others: the net is not there to provide commercial services.

"The net" is an amorphous entity.  Usenet (done via telephone lines
and UUCP) is a true communist system, and taking advantage of it is
frowned upon.  The NFSNET has specific rules about the use of its
backbone.  However, there is no proscription against commercial
traffic on the Internet.

}} He didn't say such a thing.

Consensus seems to be that I read more into Bryan's statement than was
there.  Upon rereading, I can see how I could have misinterpreted.  My
apologies.

}} Jesper Lauridsen - not speaking for Bryan McDonald or any other entity.

sjc@cs.purdue.edu             Steve Chapin             Today's Grammar Lesson:
                      I won one game, three to two, too.

"Oh my God!  I shot my eye out!"  (Ralphie Parker, in "A Christmas Story")

References

Question on starting a new PBM or PBeM game
elliott@halley.est.3m.com (Scott J. Elliott)
Fri, 20 Mar 1992 16:08:34 +0000
Re: Question on starting a new PBM or PBeM game
bigmac@erg.sri.com (Bryan McDonald)
Sat, 21 Mar 1992 00:40:47 +0000
Re: Question on starting a new PBM or PBeM game
sjc@cs.purdue.EDU (Steve Chapin)
Sat, 21 Mar 1992 13:16:09 +0000
Re: Question on starting a new PBM or PBeM game
rorschak@daimi.aau.dk (Jesper Lauridsen)
Sat, 21 Mar 1992 21:34:30 +0000

Referenced By

Question on starting a new PBM or PBeM game
elliott@halley.est.3m.com (Scott J. Elliott)
Fri, 20 Mar 1992 16:08:34 +0000
Re: Question on starting a new PBM or PBeM game
bigmac@erg.sri.com (Bryan McDonald)
Sat, 21 Mar 1992 00:40:47 +0000
Re: Question on starting a new PBM or PBeM game
sjc@cs.purdue.EDU (Steve Chapin)
Sat, 21 Mar 1992 13:16:09 +0000
Re: Question on starting a new PBM or PBeM game
rorschak@daimi.aau.dk (Jesper Lauridsen)
Sat, 21 Mar 1992 21:34:30 +0000