Although I don't think that ICANN came up with the best TLD's, I also don't believe that a completely distributed decision making process would be any better. It's difficult enough to find the correct information without confusing everything further.
-----Original Message----- From: Jim Fleming [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: 18 October 2001 17:00 To: ietf@ietf. org Cc: pdeblanc@usvi. net; @Quasar; orobles@nic. mx; Elisabeth. Porteneuve@cetp. ipsl. fr; edyson@edventure. com; Eric. Menge@sba. gov; JandL; Jay@Fenello. com; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; joppenheimer@icbtollfree. com; krose@ntia. doc. gov; mcade@att. com; mueller@syr. edu; vint cerf; pindar@HK. Super. NET; linda@icann. org; karl@cavebear. com; quaynor@ghana. com; junsec@wide. ad. jp; andy@ccc. de; shkyong@kgsm. kaist. ac. kr; hans@icann. org; mkatoh@mkatoh. net; ken. fockler@sympatico. ca; f. fitzsimmons@att. net; Amadeu@nominalia. com; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; mouhamet@sonatel. sn; jplano@quorum. com. ar; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; hph@online. no; gvaldez@nic. mx; cjw@remarque. org; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; ant@hivemind. net; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: "...cast bright lights on all who would destroy freedom in the world..." http://www.icdri.org/words_for_all_of_us_from_vinton_.htm "Now, more than ever, the Internet must be wielded along with other media to cast bright lights on all who would destroy freedom in the world. Information is the torch of truth and its free flow is the bloodstream of democracy." ICANN destroys freedom by rejecting companies far more qualified than those selected to launch new TLDs. The IETF leaders destroy freedom by censorship. The "toy" IPv4 Internet is a sewer. IPv8 is designed to be a swamp to cover the sewer. IPv16 is the "high-ground".... ...here are some links... Jim Fleming http://www.unir.com Mars 128n 128e http://www.unir.com/images/architech.gif http://www.unir.com/images/address.gif http://www.unir.com/images/headers.gif http://www.ntia.doc.gov/ntiahome/domainname/130dftmail/unir.txt http://msdn.microsoft.com/downloads/sdks/platform/tpipv6/start.asp http://www.ietf.org/mail-archive/ietf/Current/msg12213.html http://www.ietf.org/mail-archive/ietf/Current/msg12223.html
