-----Original Message----- From: Bjørn Vermo [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, January 20, 2006 5:31 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [email protected] Subject: Re: [IP] more on Worth reading Wall Street Journal on fragmentation of the Internet
On Thu, 19 Jan 2006 21:41:06 +0100, David Farber <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Begin forwarded message: > > From: Fred Baker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > As to the balkanization of the net, it is in a certain sense inescapable. Not only is this true, the whole idea of a centralized control over the url namespace is totally contrary to the ideas of decentralization which internet technology is based on. Both the worldwide postal system and the telegraph and telephone systems have worked perfectly well, in war and peace, without any central supervisor. Regular meetings to agree upon procedures have been sufficient. There is no reason why the domain name system should be an exception - unless you see the urge of an existing bureaucracy to protect their cushy jobs as a compelling reason. The whole issue is in any case probably moot. How many people type in URLs in their browsers to go to a website? How many make a Google search and select a search result without even looking at the URL? Google and whatever competition they have at any time are our new "root", ant they work equally well with naked IP addresses or even the long IP v.6 addresses which normal people are definitely unable to remember many of. -- Using M2, Opera's revolutionary e-mail client: http://www.opera.com/m2/ ------------------------------------- You are subscribed as [email protected] To manage your subscription, go to http://v2.listbox.com/member/?listname=ip Archives at: http://www.interesting-people.org/archives/interesting-people/
