Invented is irrelevant. Effective mgmt is what counts. Having said that, things seem to work fine as is, and in the end if we ask large (aka fortune 100) multi-internationals if the ITU (UN) should try and manage, and glean off another nickel or two, the inet...hmmm...answer? No way, money talks... Thanks, Brad bradley.swanson@target.com -----Original Message----- From: owner-nanog@merit.edu [mailto:owner-nanog@merit.edu] On Behalf Of Stephane Bortzmeyer Sent: Friday, February 25, 2005 5:45 AM To: William Warren Cc: nanog@merit.edu Subject: Re: UN Panel Aims to End Internet Tug of War by July On Thu, Feb 24, 2005 at 05:00:22PM -0500, William Warren <hescominsoon@emmanuelcomputerconsulting.com> wrote a message of 45 lines which said:

If the UN wants control of the INET WE invented.

Who is WE? ICANN? The US governement?