Re: [Fwd: HELINA-L: Electronic access to scientific
Bob Pyke Jr (mailto:repyke@AKRON.INFI.NET)
Sun, 19 Jan 1997 08:21:47 -0800
Message-ID: <32E24A1B.6710@akron.infi.net>
Date: Sun, 19 Jan 1997 08:21:47 -0800
From: Bob Pyke Jr <mailto:repyke@AKRON.INFI.NET>
Subject: Re: [Fwd: HELINA-L: Electronic access to scientific
To: Multiple recipients of list DEVEL-L <mailto:DEVEL-L@AMERICAN.EDU>
Robert J. Sims wrote:
>
> 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
>
> ---------------------------------------------------------------
> 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
> Bob,
I would agree wtih you and as a medical person I have found that medicine
and health care has been slow to adopt these technologies you have talked
aboutand now there is this rush to grapb all the new stuff they can and
they have no idea what they will do with it. I send comments from this
list to health lists all the time and you hear the comments I get back.
Although I have been on this list for about 6 months it is one of my
favorite lists and I encorage medical and health care professionals to
look at this list. Keep up the good work.
Thanks,
Bob Pyke Jr
mailto:repyke@akron.infi.net