On Tue, 25 Nov 1997, Bob Allisat wrote:
Let's not forget that everyone attempted to profit in their own way from Eugene's devil dare and gutsy Alternic pioneering. And, all joking aside, understand that if things do not go "our" way, CORE is successfully rammed down our throats and none of the schemes to counteract IANA pan out there will be a lot more people in jail with Eugene. And it is up to those with similar views and the resources to assist others who actually do the fighting.
That's how revolutions worked in history as in our times. Support your local DNS Freedom fighter or there won't be any more. Or was all those past words just hot air and bullship?
There were customers that asked us to point our DNS servers to Alternic, but I refused because I didn't want to hand over control to the namespace to one guy that I didn't know, had no authority to run it, and appeared to be in it for a profit. The InterNIC stunt he pulled entirely justified my refusal. Personally, I think that was the last thing he should have done if he hoped for any support, since it gave people who were wanting to show that he couldn't be trusted ammunition they couldn't get any other way. I can understand that he was frustrated because he wasn't getting his way, but the method he chose to express that frustration violated the trust of those who (foolishly) pointed their DNS servers at his root. I see your posts on the GTLD list as well, and frankly I don't want non-profit and mom & pop companies running DNS servers that I and my customers depend on. I want someone who can be trusted to not violate my trust because they have financial committments to meet to stockholders etc, and can't afford to make such mistakes. John Tamplin Traveller Information Services jat@Traveller.COM 2104 West Ferry Way 205/883-4233x7007 Huntsville, AL 35801