Re: centrally planned economy

[dhenwood@xxxxxxxxx (Doug Henwood)]

At 10:34 AM 6/4/96, Jon Beasley-Murray wrote:

>In any case,
>however, not all computer networks and systems are top-down--isn't this
>meant to be the glory (if perhaps also the weakness) of the internet that
>it is *not* in fact centrally planned?

It's easier to see it that way if you leave the net's 30-year relation with
the Pentagon out of the picture.

Doug

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