<p>Please kill this thread!</p>
<div class="gmail_quote">On Nov 20, 2011 7:58 PM, "Jay Ashworth" <<a href="mailto:jra@baylink.com">jra@baylink.com</a>> wrote:<br type="attribution"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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> From: "Robert Brockway" <<a href="mailto:robert@timetraveller.org">robert@timetraveller.org</a>><br>
<br>
> On Sat, 19 Nov 2011, Barry Greene wrote:<br>
> > On Nov 19, 2011, at 6:06 AM, Robert Brockway wrote:<br>
> >> "What is Free and Open Source Software?" and the next one is "How<br>
> >> the Internet works".<br>
> ><br>
> > I would be interested in how you walk through the economics of how<br>
> > each are sustainable.<br>
><br>
> I've actually spent quite some time looking at the sustainability of<br>
> FOSS and this is reflected in the presentation. A follow-up essay will go<br>
> in to more detail.<br>
><br>
> The sustainability of the Internet is an interesting one. I've felt for a<br>
> long time that the integration of networking in to our every day lives<br>
> will mean that the cost of funding the network will be factored in to<br>
> business or infrastructure (government) costs. The network is starting<br>
> to be viewed as a utility. Before long basic broadband will be a right<br>
> for citizens/residents in many developed nations. It already is in Finland<br>
> apparently.<br>
><br>
> Are we too off-topic now?<br>
<br>
"No."<br>
<br>
Cheers,<br>
-- jra<br>
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