From: Jim Choate <ravage@ssz.com>
Date: Thu, 8 Jan 1998 04:41:30 +0800
To: cypherpunks@ssz.com (Cypherpunks Distributed Remailer)
Subject: Re: Too many "Internet Conferences" in Washington (fwd)
Message-ID: <199801072105.PAA32344@einstein.ssz.com>
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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.


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