Non-universality of Internet pubs

[Neal Evenhuis]

On Tue, 19 Mar 1996, Joe Laferriere wrote:

> I have another concern about electronic publication, i.e. that it is not
> available in all countries. In Indonesia (8th largest country on Earth,
> and one with which I have some personal experience), the Internet is
> illegal because the indo-nazis controlling the government cannot censor
> it.  When I was at Harvard, we were warned not to send e-messages to
> China.  They said that recipients are charged so much per character for
> in-coming e-messages, even if the intended recipient does not receive the
> message.  The charges are so high that a single message can cost a
> researcher a month's salary. Parts of Africa are the same way, or so I
> hear. I don't know whether such things as the WWW are available there, but
> I think I have made my point. China and Indonesia are large, biologically
> important countries, and if some effort must be made to accomodate people
> working there (either natives of visitors).

Joe,

Can you repost that "Ode to the Rainforest" that you did last year? I've
lost my copy and I think others (especially new subscribers to TAXACOM)
would be interested in seeing it again. That was one of the most
impressive things I've seen from you on the net. Thanks,


Neal