] ] Both Berners-Lee and and Vixie have contributed mightily ] to the internet; they have deservedly accumulated ] enormous techno-karma. ] ] But no matter how many karma points they may have, they ] are repeating the behavior that turned the innovative ] telephone companies of the early 20th century into the ] stodgy telcos that fought competition and innovation at ] every turn from the early 1900's up through the 1970's. Techies Wanna Do Policy |