Michael O'Keefe wrote:
That's a BIG afterthought since the network was up and running in the
'70's (no-longer a DARPA project). It took them about 12 years to get
enough computers hooked up to realise that this /etc/hosts system wasn't
going to work in the long haul.
Nah, they knew way before.
Everyone was just too lazy to do anything about it until the time to
transfer the file took longer than lunch.
=)
And how will letting an international body control it screw it up any
further than it already is ?
Mainly because I can vote and have some effect on the registry in my
country. Once it's removed to the U.N. (or wherever), I am at the whim
of whatever random country feels like messing with technical issues they
don't understand.
-ajb
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