Re: Newsweek 2/27 - Cliff Stoll - Curmudegeon of Cyberspace
Charles Brownstein <cbrownst@CNRI.Reston.VA.US> Wed, 01 March 1995 13:59 UTC
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Date: Wed, 01 Mar 1995 09:03:53 -0500
To: Dan Lynch <dlynch@zdexpos.com>
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From: Charles Brownstein <cbrownst@CNRI.Reston.VA.US>
Subject: Re: Newsweek 2/27 - Cliff Stoll - Curmudegeon of Cyberspace
Cc: "Vinton G. Cerf" <0001050002@mcimail.com>, iab <iab@isi.edu>, iesg <iesg@CNRI.Reston.VA.US>, isoc-advisory-officers <isoc-advisory-officers@linus.isoc.org>, isoc trustees <isoc-trustees@linus.isoc.org>
Dan - it may have been Stoll or the Newsweek editors (who reversed the very meaning of the words from the CNRI person who was interviewed in that issue) or both, but I agree with your reading. At 1:06 AM 3/1/95, Dan Lynch wrote: >At 12:50 AM 3/1/95 -0500, Vinton G. Cerf wrote: >>Stoll pans the Internet in the 2/27 issue of Newsweek on p. 41 >>in an article titled "The Internet? Bah!" >> >>He has a book coming in April, Doubleday, called Silicon Snake Oil. >> >>All in all, a thoroughly curmudgeonly performance - he could be >>a good substitute for one of MCI's Grammercy Press actors... >> >>Vint > > >I could say somethin gnice about Cliff, but it escapes me. I hope his >experience in chasing bad guys has not colored his view of the rapidly >evolving universe. Maybe we should look for a job for him back in >astronomy! > >Dan > >PS. I read the article and was not impressed by its balance. Or by its >conciseness or clarity. Charles N. Brownstein Executive Director Cross-Industry Working Team Corporation for National Research Initiatives 1895 Preston White Drive Suite 100 Reston, VA 22091 Tel: (703) 620-8990 Fax: (703) 620-0913 Internet: cbrownst@cnri.reston.va.us On the Web: http://www.cnri.reston.va.us:3000/XIWT/public.html
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