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Date: Sun, 08 Nov 1998 00:35:04 -0500 From: Declan McCullagh <declan@well.com> Subject: Re: IP: Crunch Time for Y2K Suppliers

Seems to me that it would have been just as easy for "believer" to send the URL to the story as the whole thing. Same with ol'VZ.

Not only is it in poor taste, but it means less people will read the article on wired.com, which is what pays the rent.

True, but since when is freedom of speech, association, and press related to wired (or you) making a profit? I feel zero social responsibility to tell people to go there and read it when I can send a snippet of it to them directly and save them the time, effort, and bandwidth. I personaly absolutely *HATE* to recieve a piece of email that contains nothing but a URL, it's worthless - lacks all context. Don't like folks sending partial or whole articles to foster discussion, learn to love it or live with it. ____________________________________________________________________ To know what is right and not to do it is the worst cowardice. Confucius The Armadillo Group ,::////;::-. James Choate Austin, Tx /:'///// ``::>/|/ ravage@ssz.com www.ssz.com .', |||| `/( e\ 512-451-7087 -====~~mm-'`-```-mm --'- --------------------------------------------------------------------