In message Wed, 13 Jul 94 12:48:12 BST, Toerless Eckert <Toerless.Eckert@INFORMATIK.UNI-ERLANGEN.DE> writes:
A very obvious aspect of the Bangemann report is that it at several places and in emphasized typography claims that the development of the European Information Highway should be a fully market driven effort and that governmental subsidies should be avoided. Rings some bells ?-! Not being a politician I might completely have missinterpreted the fine tunes of the report though :-).
What is a market anyway ? Is education, research, real-estate, housing, welfare, etc pp a market ? There are many opinions and many different ways to interpret such things and the EU usually has jet another interpretation.
Toerless
P.S.: GOVT SUX
BUT remember what happened when an EU initiative was not market driven. Remember GOSSIP. I have a tender request in front of me from a Government department which demands GOSIP compliance. They want some PCs on a LAN connected to a data-base UNIX engine with access to JANET. All because of EU legislation attempting to lead rather respond to the market. With IP the project would be trivial. Otherwise where do I get GOSIP software for a PC? I can just about get it for X.400 and X.29 but FTAM? You will also need a gateway to Couloured book or IP to get into JANET. Paul. Paul Bryant. Rutherford Lab, Chilton, Didcot, OX11 0QX, GB Tel. +44 235 445 267 Fax. +44 235 446 626