> Date: Wed, 16 Nov 2005 17:23:39 -0600
> From: JD Runyan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Subject: Re: Good reason why US should control
> Internet?....
[snip]
> Screw central governance. Let the US have root
> servers, as well as every
> other country. Then in the US .com could really go
> to .com.us. When in
> France it goes to .com.fr. It would be kind of like
> an area code. Don't
> need it when you are in the area. Those who travel a
> lot would add .us
> to the domain search string, so they wouldn't have
> to type it in
> everywhere they went. Then the only central
> authority would be the one
> that divvies out the country codes, and that could
> be done by just about
> anyone, even the UN, though I would prefer it to
> fall into hands of a
> body, who's prime directive isn't to avoid wars.
> Just doesn't seem to go
> together, then again neither does UNICEF.
There's a reason why the default domain association (
if you want to call it that ) for most domains is the
US of A. It was invented here. Same reason the RAF is
THE Royal Air Force and all other are R<string>AF.
As to turning anything to do with it over to the UN...
Over my dead body. It would be as big a farce as
having the likes of Cuba, Syria, and China overseeing
Human Rights.
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