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Date: Wed, 7 Jan 1998 12:30:42 -0800 (PST) From: Declan McCullagh <declan@well.com> Subject: Re: Too many "Internet Conferences" in Washington

Attendance at this conference will be by invitation only. About 35 individuals will represent a variety of backgrounds and perspectives including the computing industry (such as Internet service providers, network administrators, and providers of "anonymizing" services) the legal community, professional societies, academic institutions, law enforcement agencies, and other agencies of government.

This is the real fault with the conference mentality... How can anyone reasonably expect 35 people, invitation only or not, to have a clue about any aspect of the industry let alone some sort of birds eye view? I would wager that if we took the top 35 ISP's in the US they couldn't come up with a cohesive expression of viewpoint that would have a lifetime measured in anything more than a few weeks. Pure hubris. ____________________________________________________________________ | | | Those who make peaceful revolution impossible will make | | violent revolution inevitable. | | | | John F. Kennedy | | | | | | _____ The Armadillo Group | | ,::////;::-. Austin, Tx. USA | | /:'///// ``::>/|/ http://www.ssz.com/ | | .', |||| `/( e\ | | -====~~mm-'`-```-mm --'- Jim Choate | | ravage@ssz.com | | 512-451-7087 | |____________________________________________________________________|