Re - Architext wants to archive this mailing list

[Mark Semich]

Without knowing more about this outfit, I would tend to be wary of it.   
The internet in general is fast becoming way overcomercialized, and I  
would object to our contributing to this.  My understanding is that the  
disney-comics list is already archived, and that anyone on the net already  
has free access to these archives.  Why should we be mirrored at some  
commercial site that is going to claim that it has "archive access to the  
internet" (?!?) and charges its users for it?  They shouldn't even have to  
mirror the list in order to provide access to the archives - it may be  
that we're not even getting the full story, or else they're even more  
stupid than they seem.  Besides, when was the last time you trusted  
"Fortune Magazine" to know anything at all about the net?  To me this says  
KEEP AWAY!

If you're taking votes, I vote NO.

Begin forwarded message:

Date: Fri, 14 Jul 95 13:39:18 +0200
From: Per Starback <starback at Minsk.DoCS.UU.SE>
To: disney-comics at Minsk.DoCS.UU.SE
Subject: Architext wants to archive this mailing list

This is your list administrator speaking.  I've gotten this question
about the list that I don't know what to do about, so I thought I'd
ask around if you on the list have any views about this:

> Subject: Architext would like to archive your mailing list
>
> Hi,
>
> Architext is an exciting new media navigation company. We're
> developing a service designed to give users powerful ways to search
> and browse the content available over the internet.
>
> We're calling our service Bullseye!, and we'd like to include your
> mailing list(s) in the content that we index and archive. Other
> content will include web pages, newsgroups and thousands of editorial
> reviews.  Basic searching and browsing will be free for all users; we
> also plan to offer profiling services for a nominal fee.
>
> Would it be acceptable for Architext to subscribe to your list(s) as a
> regular user and to keep archives of the list(s) content? This content
> will always be freely searchable by any user of the internet.
>
> In exchange for your permission to index your list(s), we'd like to
> offer you profiling services free of charge for one year. That way you
> will be notified about new web pages and news articles that match your
> profile. So you can stay abreast of new developments and make sure you
> have the most current information available as it comes out. Don't be
> the last on your block to get profiling from Bullseye!
>
> Architext was recently voted one of the top 25 cool technology
> companies by Fortune magazine (July 10 issue) and was featured on the
> cover of this March's Red Herring magazine. For more information on
> Architext, check out http://www.atext.com.
>
> Bullseye!  will be opening soon (around August 15) and we hope that we
> can include your list(s) in this exciting service.
>
> [...]
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Per Starback, Uppsala, Sweden.  email: starback at minsk.docs.uu.se
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