RE: UKNM: Subscriptions

[Felix Velarde]

On 11/6/99 I read:


> > -----Original Message-----

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> From: ownerchinwag [dot] com

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> [ownerchinwag [dot] com]On">mailto:ownerchinwag [dot] com]On Behalf Of Felix

> > Velarde

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> > It is on the shoulders of your friends the

> > techies that you and your

> > company stand, Andy;

>

>Er, not true, actually, but I'll let it go on this occasion.

>

> > Your average FreeServe customer is what we want -

> > the net is about

> > true democracy and freedom of expression -

> > enfranchising and

> > empowering the individual - we like it if we can

> > get you started on

> > this journey at no cost.

>

>My post was more tongue-in-cheek than most took it, but I

>believe there was an element of truth in it.

>

>You personally may enjoy the democracy that the likes of

>Freeserve provide, but elsewhere there is snobbery against

>people with freeserve and many other 'free' accounts (not to

>mention aol.com). In fact there is an enormous amount of

>snobbery and derision from those who see themselves as

>technically superior.

>

>And without wanting to get into a completely new argument,

>the more that the techies believe that "it is on the

>shoulders of the techies that the company stands" then the

>more snobbish and derisive they will become.

>

>Take care


i'm not a techie Andy


best wishes


Felix Velarde


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