From: dlv@bwalk.dm.com (Dr.Dimitri Vulis KOTM)
Date: Sat, 16 Nov 1996 09:30:33 -0800 (PST)
To: cypherpunks@toad.com
Subject: Re: EFF Board, again
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nobody@huge.cajones.com (Huge Cajones Remailer) writes:
> Tim O'Reilly's been talking publicly about starting a "Sierra Club"
> which would "protect" the "environment of the Net".  What does he want
> to do?
>
> It might be a way to tell companies what kind of software they can
> publish and at what price.  ORA has been having trouble competing with
> Microsoft.  Naturally, they cast themselves as altruistic good guys.
>
> Whatever O'Reilly is talking about, it sounds like more trouble from
> the general vicinity of the EFF Board.

I think EFF's credibility has been pretty much destroyed by John Gilmore's
censorship and plug-pulling. ORA puts out good books. As a publisher, they
should reconsider being affiliated with a censorour setup like EFF.

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