> Eric Paynter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said:
>
> > Why not participate in the system that the clear majority of internet
users
> > have accepted as the standard?
> >
>
> I don't remember accepting anything. Do you? Does anybody?
Yes actually. I run my own name servers, and if I choose to, I can switch
root servers to another set that would offer different (Or even conflicting)
TLDs. I would never have to know/care about ICANN or NetSol again. You
simply don't have a choice because it's all but written in stone that you
have to use the commonly accepted root servers if you want to see the
internet as we see it today. But it is your choice, you can either contact
your ISP and ask them to change root servers (Yeah, right!), or set up your
own name servers and use whatever roots you like.
> The US Government as much as forced us to accept "the standard", whether
we
> liked it or not. And more importantly - whether we're inside our outside
> their juristiction. ICANN is just an extension of the US Government, no
> matter what anyone says to the contrary.
They don't and can't stop you from using alternative root servers. The fact
that there really aren't any feasable options is because of the
compatibility problems that would occur, not goverentment regulation, IMO.
