Date: Tue, 22 Apr 1997 22:29:37 -0700 From: Amancio Hasty <hasty@rah.star-gate.com> To: mike allison <mallison@konnections.com> Cc: Wes Peters - Softweyr LLC <softweyr@xmission.com>, jgrosch@sirius.com, chat@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Price of FreeBSD (was On Holy Wars...) Message-ID: <199704230529.WAA02442@rah.star-gate.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Wed, 23 Apr 1997 21:41:29 PDT." <335EE479.482AB1F2@konnections.com>
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Well, In the West Coast, we our sad state of public transport to Ford 8) Cheers, Amancio >From The Desk Of mike allison : > Wes: > > I have to differ.... > > The subway system in New York was initiated in the late 1800's and most > the others were around long before the 2nd WW and WAY before IKE. The > reason we don't have inner city mass transit is that no one uses it in > the west. Their too wed to their cars. The east coast is closer and > less distance oriented, most things could be had in the neighborhood and > the majority of the people were immigrants who had a much more social > and socialist background and could appreciate the utility of mass > transit. > > Pre & Post WWII we had a booming interstate train system which fell > apart thanks to the highway system... and the ready availability of > cheap gasoline... > > I also believe the term Info Superhiway was around before '92.... could > be wrong... > > -Mike > > Wes Peters - Softweyr LLC wrote: > > > > > Agree. The mass transit system in NYC is the best in America which is'nt > > > saying much. > > > > Not really, both the Boston and D.C. systems are better IMHO. You can, > > however, count on your fingers the number of U.S. cities with working > > public transportation systems that truly cover the urban area. Even > > Seattle and Portland (OR) have some gaping holes in their coverage. I > > think the list probably includes NYC, Boston, D.C., Chicago, and San > > Francisco. Maybe Atlanta. > > > > In case anyone wants to know, this was pretty much a conscious decision > > made by the Eisenhower administrations; they wanted to build the > > Interstate highway system and financed it at the cost of pulic > > transportation. The "intellectual" leader of this transportation > > revolution was none other than Al Gore Sr. This is where the campaign > > phrase "information superhighway" came from. > > > > -- > > "Where am I, and what am I doing in this handbasket?" > > > > Wes Peters Softweyr L LC > > http://www.xmission.com/~softweyr softweyr@xmission.c om
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