14 Mar
1996
14 Mar
'96
5:35 p.m.
At 10:51 AM 3/14/96 -0500, Perry E. Metzger wrote:
"David R. Conrad" writes:
Your proposal is? If you say charging for address space, please explain what would stop deep pocket companies from buying up all the address space?
If you start charging for food, what would stop deep pocket companies from buying up all the food?
If you start charging rent for apartments, what would stop deep pocket companies from renting all the apartments?
Perry, this is a ridiculous comparison. One could also argue that you can grow more food, and that you could build more apartments. Obviously, you can do neither with a finite address sapce. - paul