John A. Tamplin wrote:

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.

First off Kashpureff and those who backed his original version of Alternic made many mistakes. I witnessed these errors and I opposed the inconsistancies. Second no-one owns the namespace. Not Alternic, not IANA, not CORE not Internic not anyone. Everyone must have equal access to the many resources of the Internet and all these Domain Names are just one. So, anyone who can meet the appropriate technical standards must have their place at the table. Mr. Tamplin's insistance that only corporations are trustworthy is patently absurd. Morality and immorality are no more the preserve of conglomerates than it is of individuals. Finally, while attempting to spark a peace and reconciliation process among the conflicting parties it is necessary to envisage the worse possible result of current internet developments. And that would be the transfer of the existing Internic monopoly to this new CORE monopoly. And the resulting concentration of Internet regulatory powers entirely beyond the control of the general public. And then we must consider appropriate activities. And then we must act instead of talking. Kashpureff pointed the way if failure of peace negotiations is in our future. We will simply have no alternative. TeleVirtually Yours, Bob Allisat Director, World TeleVirtual Network http://www.wtv.net PO Box 191 St E Toronto Canada M6H 4E2 tor@wtv.net (416) 534-1999 http://www.wtv.net/portfolio.html