[Info-vax] HP stopping VMS paper documentation ?

[Bob Koehler]

In article <4edf3847$0$2098$c3e8da3$a9097924 at news.astraweb.com>, JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot at vaxination.ca> writes:
> 
> A government running puplic transit or national railways or the post
> office is not really socialism because it is a basic service like roads
> and water which are expected to be provided by government and which do
> not interest private enterprise.

   How about a government running a national freight rail line at a profit?  
   (CONRAIL)

   Somehow this got to be embarasing, as CONRAIL was formed to keep
   freight moving when the private rail lines failed, and the system was
   then sold to private industry where it still makes a profit.