Exploitation versus Utilization

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It occurred to me that many people may not believe Juno is absolutely
free. Even a close friend could not believe Juno is truly free and said
there 
must be a catch somewhere.  Due the fact our company has made a
considerable investment in research and development of the eTechOJT
Internet & Wireless training program we had to subscribe and use Juno
ourselves before recommending students utilize Juno to earn
installation fees.

Yet, as we discuss there are those who will use Juno and also
Microsoft Internet Explorer to figure out a way to charge new users
exhorbitant and exploitive installation fees for software that is
available freely on the net. In addition, new users without access are
further exploited by salespeople who readily sell unneccssary and/or
soon to be obsolete equipment. A better alternative would be to teach
and empower youth and students how to earn a fare wage for providing
Internet software/access installation, without exploiting new users
without access to download freely. A truly win-win solution to increase 
access for those who choose not/can not afford commercial technical
support costs.

As everyone knows this is also the dawn of a new age of integrated
digital, Internet, and wireless technologies. If we generally agree
that universal access to technologies would be more assured in the
hands of our youth than the current commercial vendors; then it is
imperative to provide our youth with practical training opportunities
now to prepare them for the future otherwise we may become lost
immigrants in the new digital world.

Obviously, this is a small window and short term opportunity to 
empower  youth with such an ideal training and entrepreneurial market 
niche, before it is exploited by commercial interests. So if there is 
anyone  on the list who has any good ideas about how to spread the 
word to other high school and college students please email immediately
to Ronnie Benson at:  <FutureTech@juno.com>

Thanks to everyone for your time and consideration.

Regards,
Travis

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