20 Oct
2003
20 Oct
'03
12:58 p.m.
... would really mean that the internet is yet another commercial thing controlled by one single entity.
Look at the interview with Verisign's CEO at http://news.com.com/2008-7347-5092590.html?tag=nefd_gutspro, and I think you'll see that your "what it would really mean" is exactly Verisign's position.
see http://www.cbronline.com/latestnews/165c8acb5f79bb5780256dc50018bddd for an oblique response to some of sclavos' statements in the interview referenced above. note that in the third paragraph where it says "root server operators" it really should say "name server operators", like http://oarc.isc.org/ does. but the reporter really "got it right" on everything else. -- Paul Vixie