Re: what problem are we solving? (was Re: ICANN opens up Pandora'sBox of

[Gadi Evron <ge () linuxbox org>]

On Sun, 29 Jun 2008, Jim Popovitch wrote:
> On Sun, Jun 29, 2008 at 1:21 PM, Peter Beckman <beckman () angryox com> wrote:
> > Let the search engines organize the web, not DNS.
>
> OK, (assuming you believe that), why keep dns around.  Why not go back
> to just IP addrs and hosts files for those that need them.

Because the Internet is not governemned, common misbelief aside. It's a 
mess of capitalism and anarchism. In fact, The Internet is the only 
functioning anarchu.

I see no reason why search engines won't, they already do, whether we want 
to admit it or not, for the home user they ARE the Internet.

        Gadi.

> -Jim P.