18 Dec
2003
18 Dec
'03
12:17 p.m.
I strongly agree with Tim that one should not look down at for-profit anonymizing services. This is the _only_ way I see to establish and maintain reliable service and avoid spamming and denial of service. It's also the only way such a service can scale if it becomes suddenly popular -- if there's no increased revenue, it's going to be harder to get more h/w and bandwidth. Even if one had a heart of gold and purely charitable instincts, one would eventually come to the conclusion that such a service operates better if users are paying for it. And this is even before we address matters like the benefits of competition. Doug