The following message is a courtesy copy of an article that has been posted to uk.comp.os.linux as well.
Maybe this has been seen everywhere anyway, but just in case, an edited summary:--
Date: Sun, 30 Sep 2001 14:41:29 -0400 From: Chuck Mead csm@MoonGroup.com Subject: [OT] W3C and the Promotion of Fee-based Standards for the Web
Folks... if you have not seen this there are only a few hours left to make your voice heard. Please go and read this... our internet is in danger from corporate interest again!
http://linuxtoday.com/news_story.php3?ltsn=3D2001-09-30-001-20-NW-CY
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