Re: [Fwd: HELINA-L: Electronic access to scientific

Robert J. Sims (mailto:bob@EXO.COM)
Sat, 18 Jan 1997 21:16:03 -0800 

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Date:         Sat, 18 Jan 1997 21:16:03 -0800
From: "Robert J. Sims" <mailto:bob@EXO.COM>
Subject:      Re: [Fwd: HELINA-L: Electronic access to scientific
To: Multiple recipients of list DEVEL-L <mailto:DEVEL-L@AMERICAN.EDU>


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Bob Pyke Jr wrote:
>

> Ronald E. LaPorte from Pittsburgh wrote:

> >

> > -- To the 'mailto:HELINA-L@uku.fi' distribution list

> > -- from "Ronald E. LaPorte from Pittsburgh"

mailto:<RLAPORTE@vms.cis.pitt.edu>
> >

> > Friends.  We just had a successful Global Health Network meeting at

the
> > World Bank, lead by Eugene Boostrom from the World Bank.  At the

meeting
> > we became convinced that it is feasible to break down the scientific

> > information blockade for developing countries for not only medical

> > journals, but also for the hard sciences, social sciences,

agriculture,
> > etc.  Tony Villasenor from NASA has developed the plans for a

restricted
> > access server which is described below.  Moreover, NASA has perhaps

the
> > best information on connectivity across the world, and Tony has been

> > responsible for much of the connectivity in Africa and around the

world.
> > We can bring his abilities to help us get essential information into

> > developing countries.  The timing is right as the British Medical

Journal
> > just published an excellent article on the problems of obtaining

> > information in developing countries.



Bob,


   It always amazes me how newbies are trying to reinvent the wheel and
spending millions of dollars to do so.  Packet mail is nothing new. The
Internet speeds things up but as far as I'm concerned
its just an upgrade to what has been going on for the past 20 years in
cyberspace among us
computer hobbyists. FidoNet, RimeNet, GlobalNet, IntelectNet etc are
just a few of the packet
mail systems that have been in existence for these past 20 years. Most
of these mail systems have had several hundred different
news/conferences on all different subjects including health/medical,
development issues etc. These mail conferences have been and still do go
into the developing nations.


Bob Sims




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Bob Pyke Jr wrote:

> 

> Ronald E. LaPorte from Pittsburgh wrote:

> >

> > -- To the 'mailto:HELINA-L@uku.fi' distribution list

> > -- from "Ronald E. LaPorte from Pittsburgh" <mailto:RLAPORTE@vms.cis.pitt.edu>

> >

> > Friends.  We just had a successful Global Health Network
meeting at the

> > World Bank, lead by Eugene Boostrom from the World Bank. 
At the meeting

> > we became convinced that it is feasible to break down the scientific

> > information blockade for developing countries for not only medical

> > journals, but also for the hard sciences, social sciences, agriculture,

> > etc.  Tony Villasenor from NASA has developed the plans
for a restricted

> > access server which is described below.  Moreover, NASA
has perhaps the

> > best information on connectivity across the world, and Tony has
been

> > responsible for much of the connectivity in Africa and around
the world.

> > We can bring his abilities to help us get essential information
into

> > developing countries.  The timing is right as the British
Medical Journal

> > just published an excellent article on the problems of obtaining

> > information in developing countries. 



 



Bob,



 



   It always amazes me how newbies are trying to reinvent
the wheel and spending millions of dollars to do so.  Packet mail
is nothing new. The Internet speeds things up but as far as I'm concerned



its just an upgrade to what has been going on for the past 20 years
in cyberspace among us



computer hobbyists. FidoNet, RimeNet, GlobalNet, IntelectNet etc are
just a few of the packet



mail systems that have been in existence for these past 20 years. Most
of these mail systems have had several hundred different news/conferences
on all different subjects including health/medical,



development issues etc. These mail conferences have been and still
do go into the developing nations. 



 



Bob Sims



 




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