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Tuesday, August 14, 2001

Reigning in the Web -- 10:53 pm CST, Update by A.T. Hun

Technology Review has an excellent article showing why the web will be tamed. He argues that it is not a question of if but when the Internet will be brought under governmental or corporate control. Those who claim the 'Net is uncontrollable might not realize how wrong they are until it is too late. The careful reader will note the author's obvious dislike for the Free Software Foundation. Thanks Slashdot.

The Master comments: What I think most internet users, and almost every single "free is the only acceptable option" fanatic forgets is this: the internet is not free. Somebody is paying BIG money to run OC-192s so you can download and upload your free software. Those backbones make the internet work. When somebody decides to make those toll roads, the internet is going to be in big trouble. If controls are going to be put in place, that's where it's going to be done.

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