and one of the ironies is that the US Gov't got involved to prevent what is
now happening. i am utterly disgusted with what is in effect a don heath
isoc lead rape of the net on behalf of the largest business interests world
wide.
any individual who would join ISOC under these circumstances would be wise
to rteally examine closely what kind of a statement s/he is making.
>Javier Sola wrote (to the discuss list):
>
>> ISOC has been involved in this process from day one, when they started,
>> together with IANA, the Internet Ad Hoc Committee,
>
>What's so pitiful about all this is that ISOC and ICANN will kill the
>Internet as we know it. Why?
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NOTE: Contempt in which ICANN PRES. MIKE ROBERTS holds rest of Internet:
"Some of those people think the management [ICANN] should check with the
public [the Communities of the Internet] every time they make a decision,
which is crazy," Roberts said. "That's flat-out crazy." WIRED NEWS 2/4/99
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