Seems to me that somebody has to pay for the service and I'd rather pay for it myself rather than have the U.S. taxpayer foot the bill. Note that I am NOT a U.S. taxpayer, not yet anyway. But that saying about no taxation without representation cuts both ways. I'm quite happy to see the tax money, and therefore the U.S. government, out of the loop.
Inferencing the US govt. is out of the loop is a logical leap of faith. Tell me who owns the "." and why wouldn't the Feds of some denomination step in to "stabilize" the namespace. In other words, why would they risk such a valuable resource, built in the past with US taxpayer money, walk away to a potentially non-US private enterprise or a consortium. I'm just pointing out one more plausible outcome, not meaning to argue. Regards, Sanjay.
On Wed, 19 Mar 1997, Sanjay Dani wrote:
Inferencing the US govt. is out of the loop is a logical leap of faith. Tell me who owns the "." and why wouldn't the Feds of some denomination step in to "stabilize" the namespace.
Because "stepping in" often leads to more destabilization. Why didn't the Feds of some denomination step in to stabilize Albania? Right now the Internet industry, which includes the research institutions, is doing just fine by itself. If it ain't broke why would governments want to fix it? In the USA there is one person who has learned that lesson very well. Compare Ira Magaziner's position on the Internet to his position on health care.
In other words, why would they risk such a valuable resource, built in the past with US taxpayer money, walk away to a potentially non-US private enterprise or a consortium.
Because it has already happened several years ago and the end result was an incredibly energetic new industry in which U.S. companies and U.S. research institutions are playing a key role. Tight central control was tried in the ex-SU and it didn't work. Michael Dillon - Internet & ISP Consulting Memra Software Inc. - Fax: +1-250-546-3049 http://www.memra.com - E-mail: michael@memra.com
<whole thread snipped> Folks, I got off NAIPR because I didn't want to keep seeing the same issues hashed over again and again. Am I going to havr to get off nanog for the same reason now? This thread should die in it's tracks.
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