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From: george@swbatl.sbc.com (George Nincehelser 5-6544)
Subject: Re: System 7.0 and Free Manuals
Message-ID: <1991Apr28.193916.24787@swbatl.sbc.com>
Organization: Southwestern Bell Advanced Technology Laboratory
References: <1991Apr28.092559.4307@vax5.cit.cornell.edu> <1991Apr28.165207.18209@swbatl.sbc.com> <00947CD7.132B6140@uclapp.physics.ucla.edu>
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Date: Sun, 28 Apr 91 19:39:16 GMT

In article <00947CD7.132B6140@uclapp.physics.ucla.edu> price@uclapp.physics.ucla.edu (John Price) writes:
>
>>Obviously you don't understand some of the structure of the internet.  Some
>>links *WILL NOT* be replaced or upgraded just because they are used more.
>
>	Well, actually, in a university environment, this is *exactly* why 
>they get replaced or upgraded.  Many (I would say most, but I don't have 
>the stats to back it up) of us get our money from the government via grants 
>and such, and those grants have the bizarre property that they go away if 
>you don't use them.  If you *do* use them, you get more.  Go figure.
>
>	This doesn't mean that I condone people wasting those resources to 
>do things like downloading system manuals (IMHO a *criminal* waste of 
>resources and time); I just wanted to clarify the situation.  Businesses, 
>of course, operate with real money, and such waste is probably (again, I 
>don't have the stats) not as prevalent.

I see your point on the .edu side.  I was comming from the .com side as you
could tell.  I agree with your analysis wholeheartedly.
 
It is very sad that resoures are wasted like this.  What's worse is when some
folks from the .edu environment move to the .com environment and apply the
mindset you mention.
 
That's what happens when you have poor managers of technology.

The same thing that happens in the .edu world also happens in the .gov world.
It also happens if the .com world gets too large and beauracratic.
 
(*sigh*)

Us folks that are proponents of using our resources wisely sure have a long,
up-hill battle.


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