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Re: Domain Rant.
From: Michael Dillon <michael () memra com>
Date: Thu, 20 Mar 1997 06:47:37 -0800 (PST)
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 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Current thread:
- Re: Domain Rant., (continued)
- Re: Domain Rant. Dave Crocker (Mar 19)
- Re: Domain Rant. Randy Bush (Mar 19)
- Re: Domain Rant. Michael Dillon (Mar 19)
- Re: Domain Rant. repstein (Mar 19)
- Re: Domain Rant. Len Rose (Mar 19)
- Re: Domain Rant. Randy Bush (Mar 19)
- Re: Domain Rant. Len Rose (Mar 19)
- Re: Domain Rant. Randy Bush (Mar 19)
- Re: Domain Rant. Matthew Kaufman (Mar 19)
- Re: Domain Rant. maillists (Mar 19)
- Re: Domain Rant. Michael Dillon (Mar 20)
- Re: Domain Rant. Brian Tackett (Mar 20)
- Re: Domain Rant. Mark Borchers (Mar 20)
- Re: Domain Rant. Dirk Harms-Merbitz (Mar 20)
- Re: Domain Rant. NetSurfer (Mar 20)
- Re: Domain Rant. Paul R.D. Lantinga (Mar 20)
- Re: Domain Rant. Perry E. Metzger (Mar 20)
- Re: Domain Rant. Paul A Vixie (Mar 20)
- Re: Domain Rant. George Herbert (Mar 20)
- Re: Domain Rant. Michael Dillon (Mar 20)
- Re: Domain Rant. Hong Chen (Mar 20)
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