Today's meeting was merely a sit-down discussion to talk about the feasibility of establishing an Internet Exchange.
According to our previous conception, this is a neutral third-party organization.
Everyone in the organization is considered equal, there is no special distinction made due to the size of their respective enterprises.
This is a necessary prerequisite to ensure future data interconnectivity and transparency, as everyone sitting on an equal footing can achieve true network liberalization.
So, upon hearing a question from UUNET founder Adams, Dean didn't engage in any meaningless pleasantries.
"How to deal with IBM's aggressive push in the networking services field? My opinion is precisely today's topic, to establish a commercial Internet Exchange."
To elucidate his viewpoint, Dean had even prepared a map of America.
However, this map was special; in addition to the standard markings, it had lines of various colors running through the fifty states.
