[lbo-talk] James Boyle: Webs never-to-be-repeated revolution

[ravi]

Nathan Newman wrote:
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Dwayne Monroe" <idoru345 at yahoo.com>
>> As I recall, the ARPANET
>> project was primarily conceived of as a way to create
>> a fail safe, i.e. battle damage resistant
>> communication system -- a military concern).
>> This is no doubt a result of the legacy -- and
>> continuing influence -- of libertarian ideas in tech
>> circles.
>> So Boyle does miss a lot.
> 
> No, he doesn't miss anything.
> 

I gave a fairly detailed response to James Boyle's text, in which
I included the point that the Internet grew partly due to govt
support... I intentionally did not mention ARPA (IIRC) exactly to
avoid such diversions as your response. I do not see anything in
your response (I do not have the time to follow the link you
provided) that counters my criticism. I continue to believe my
criticism is effective and that Boyle does indeed miss a lot.

Your point about the "myth being propogated" (by those who want to
deny the role of govt in the Internet) does not counter my text
(and by extension that of others who make similar points to mine).
It is one of the very points I make! (re: the libertarianism of
some segments of the early Internet crowd. See further my ref to
FSF/GNU and implicitly Richard Stallman, and a different vision).
Note also that the Internet is not just the creation of an IP
network at the behest of ARPA/NSF et al.

	--ravi

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