Before you comment further on this, you might want to review what ICANN is doing, WIPO and the ICANN/UDRP, and what's going on in Yokohama this week. Especially if you are concerned about Balkanization or its polar opposite, totalitarianism. Strangely, the latter usually results in the former. Become informed, then comment. If you are not aware of the significance of Yokohama then you are seriously under-informed and you've just made a religious statement. In that case, Joe appears more informed than you, on this. Vix's comment, while unflattering, is an informed comment. Vix is aware of the issues and has taken a stance. Although, I don't think he is completely aware of the lanscape, lately. Others should review and decide for themselves, on an informed basis. In the final analysis, this may become a "suit" decision. For the record, I was one of the ICANN/DNSO/WG-C participants and one of the original backers of the "other" candidate for the ICANN slot, in 1998. You might start at www.dnso.net Further comments are probably off-topic for NANOG, at this time.
-----Original Message----- From: owner-nanog@merit.edu [mailto:owner-nanog@merit.edu]On Behalf Of Valdis.Kletnieks@vt.edu Sent: Friday, July 14, 2000 11:52 AM To: nanog@merit.edu Subject: Re: piracy on parade
On Fri, 14 Jul 2000 13:43:37 EDT, "!Dr. Joe Baptista" said:
When you manage to connect to GOD - please feel free to brows the GOD namespace. I think we have about 400 domains which are surfable. Some
I thought that most major religions required you to browse, then get connected, and refuse to consider any further surfing?
But seriously - there's serious operational considerations involved if everybody doesn't have a consistent view of the DNS root - it's called Balkanization.
-- Valdis Kletnieks Operating Systems Analyst Virginia Tech