in the end it comes down to something like this:
do you prefer the internet or the encyclopedia britannica plus email :-)
do you like wild fruit from the forest or only clean cultivation.
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>While i'm definitely no big fan of Icann, it seems to me that the free and
>likely chaotic nature of free roots is even less desirable. E.g. New.Net
>
>Let the words fly.
>
>Swerve
>>> Apparently there was a DoS attack on the root servers this week, but
>>> it went largely unnoticed (if we don't notice it, its unnoticable....;)
>>> http://www.cnn.com/2002/TECH/internet/10/23/internet.attack.ap/
>>
>>> Service was restored after experts enacted defensive measures
>>> and the attack suddenly stopped.
>> the attackers stopped after having demonstrated the problem,
>> that proves that the operators are working well >;?)
>>
>>> "...and life goes on," said Louis Touton, vice president for ICANN
>> as always, without addressing the problems at the root.
>>
>>> "We were prepared, we responded quickly," said Brian
>>> O'Shaughnessy, a spokesman for VeriSign Inc.,
>>> which operates two of the 13 computers in northern Virginia.
>> what a bunch of pathetic liars :-)
>>
>> it's only a matter of time until existing free roots will win over
>> and make things more stable. everyone can choose today.
>> what is the TTL of the new ministry of propaganda ?
>>
>> kind regards philippe, http://freeroots.com/