[IFWP] Four more years?

2002-02-27 Thread Richard J. Sexton
The problem, Jay as I see it, is this: can ICANN be reformed? I don't think so - not with the people that are in charge of it now. Why are they there then? Ira/the DoC appointed them. Why the DoC? Because in the Inter-agency Domain Name Task force meetings 4 years ago the DoC claimed to have all

[IFWP] Four more years

1999-03-23 Thread Richard J. Sexton
It's like Vietnam. We've got to kick ourselves in the * before we realize we've been wrong. Once politicians and lawyers get their hooks in, there's only one way things can go: legislation and constraint. Regulation. Regulation didn't stop the war, acid did. What happened to the White

Re: [IFWP] Four more years

1999-03-23 Thread Dr Eberhard W Lisse
In message [EMAIL PROTECTED], "Richard J. Sexton" writes: What happened to the White Paper and Internet self-regulation? A fairytale for the IFWP. Ah. The McGovern campaign of the DNS. Actually, you guys did it yourself. el

Re: [IFWP] Four more years

1999-03-23 Thread Michael Sondow
Richard J. Sexton a écrit: Regulation didn't stop the war Just what I was saying. acid did. Are you referring to acetylsalicylic acid, perchance? In any case, I doubt if the war in Vietnam was stopped by acid of any sort, but a little of it might help the present regulators to find a

Re: [IFWP] Four more years

1999-03-23 Thread Richard J. Sexton
At 05:25 PM 3/23/99 +0200, Dr Eberhard W Lisse wrote: In message [EMAIL PROTECTED], "Richard J. Sexton" writes: What happened to the White Paper and Internet self-regulation? A fairytale for the IFWP. Ah. The McGovern campaign of the DNS. Actually, you guys did it yourself. How so ? --