At 08:16 AM 5/14/01 -0400, you wrote:
> > Only in the same way that ICANN is the single point of failure for the
> > ccTLDs and gTLDs in the existing root structure.
> >
> > You obviously know nothing of the levels new.net has gone to and the
> > technical details of how their service works.
> >
> > I'd do some research before making such uninformed proclamations.
>
>Not true. The DOC root is supported by vested interest. If there are
>stability problems with any of the failure points, the vested interests will
>step in to ensure continuity. Private roots do not have this safeguard.
Ross is right. This year has been the year from hell for the ORSC. A
major international corporation - Diebold Incorporated got involved with
the ORSC as a root server provider. This year they renegged on their
committments after a weird and bizzare set of circumstances involving the
opennic, the eff, a convicted US felone, and a post operational transgender
person. I don't really care to say more except that I own the rights to
this comedy. But I expect the ORSC will learn from it's mistakes and not
get involved again in these sort of deals. I understand they were working
with Diebold to take over PSI.net and by default one of the legacy root
servers. But alas the whole thing got out of hand - corporate greed ruled
and the ORSC has suffered because of it.
But on a brighter note - the alt.community is in the process of
establishing an independent authority which we hope will in future address
this sort of sillyness. Which see http://www.tlda.org/
regards
joe
The dot.GOD Registry, Limited
The Executive Plaza, Suite 908
150 West 51st Street
Manhattan island, NYC 10019
