Restarting the discussion

On Thu, 16 Jun 1994 13:58:45 +0200 (MET DST) you said:
>>
>> I volunteered to summerize the current status of which registries are
>> gov't funded, or university funded, etc.  Here are the only 6 countries
>> that answered:
>>
>> DE        c
>> IL        b
>> CZ        c
>> DK        d - Eunet Denmark
>> ES        a
>> BE        a
>>
>>
>> >a) government funded registry
>> >b) university funded registry
>> >c) country Internet consortium funded registry
>> >d) other
>>
>> Based on such a small sample I don't think we can conclude anything.
>> Anyone else care to respond to the survey?
>
>Hank, we didn't respond to your survey because I think your rather
>simple categories have a tendency to imply wrong and misleading things,
>and I simply do not have the time to start a big discussion on why the
>categories are wrong.

But you should have.

>
>But just as an example, take the answers from ES and BE: are the activities
>of the ES and BE registries really a line item in a budget of a federal
>office of their countries? Isn't it far more the case that these registries
>are run by national academic networks that are subsidised by their resp.
>governments, which is -NOT- the same as a direct government activity or
>direct government funding.

I guess ES and BE should answer.

>
>Simon

Hank