More on Cybersitter

Harpo's Fan bdunn at indiana.edu
Thu Apr 24 11:01:11 EDT 1997


Yes, and "Get Lost!" seems to be the standard reply to 
any competent, intelligent, non-agressive letters to 
Mr. Milburn questioning CyberSitter's need to block 
politically based sites.  Very interesting.  
--Barb Dunn

On Thu, 24 Apr 1997, Sheryl Dwinell wrote:

> I just couldn't resist posting this.  Check out the correspondence between
> the Associate editor of Mother Jones' web site with Brain Milburn, the
> president of Solid Oak (makers of Cybersitter), in reference to
> Cybersitter's blocking of Mother Jones' site.  
> 
> http://www.mojones.com/hellraiser_central/mjw_letters.html
> 
> Frankly, I'm not sure whether to laugh at Milburn's tirade about Al
> Franken, or be frightened by his attitude.  I am sure there are parents out
> there of a similar mindset who would appreciate having a guy like this in
> charge of the company manufacturing the filtering software they install on
> their home pc, but a public library??  Scary.
> 
> 
> 
> Sheryl Dwinell
> Cataloger/Database Management Librarian
> Memorial Library, Marquette University
> P.O. Box 3141
> Milwaukee, WI 53201-3141
> dwinells at vms.csd.mu.edu
> 414-288-3542
> 
> 


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