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Re: Metcalfes "imminent death of the internet" prediction

Michael Dillon <michael@memra.com> Thu, 25 July 1996 02:09 UTC

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From: Michael Dillon <michael@memra.com>
To: George Michaelson <ggm@connect.com.au>
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Subject: Re: Metcalfes "imminent death of the internet" prediction
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On Thu, 25 Jul 1996, George Michaelson wrote:

> This prediction never made much sense to me anyway. Maybe the man was
> mis-quoted.

decide for yourself. Go to http://www.infoworld.com/testing/96/data.htm
select any one of the past 12 issues or so, click on the OPINION button
and the the FROM THE ETHER column to read what he actually said. He didn't
cover the imminent collapse of the net in every column but there are quite
a few of them there.

Michael Dillon                   -               ISP & Internet Consulting
Memra Software Inc.              -                  Fax: +1-604-546-3049
http://www.memra.com             -               E-mail: michael@memra.com

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