Kerry and all,
Kerry Miller wrote:
> Jeff,
> > > Why do you call it a parody? I identified a problem, outlined a
> > > minimum-impact solution, and called for comments -- of which
> > > there were, btw, zero (0).
> >
> > Opppps! You must have missed ours.
>
> I guess I did -- The Digest seems to be dropping quite a few items
> recently. If you have a spare copy, I'd like to read it.
I would but doing an all nighter here with my financial advisors at the
moment, and really don't have the time. But it should be in the IFWP
archives somewhere. On the whole though, I agree with you ideas
and direction... Keep up the good work and be sure to cc the
ICANN Board members. They need and should listen to your ideas...
>
>
> ========
> Greg,
>
> > > > Why don't you start practicing what you preach? Show us some
> > > > evidence that renaming domains to difficult to remember character
> > > > strings is somehow going to end virtually all of the domain name
> > > > disputes, without severely impacting Internet usage. Why don't
> > > > you write a real RFC documenting how you would make the requisite
> > > > changes, rather than just a parody of one?
>
> It may be worth clarifying that the RFC was not to *re*name
> domains, but to extend the naming system. Existing domain
> names would simply fall in the default 'ISO-8859-1' zero level
> domain.
>
> Two weeks later, I suggested the 'Grndl alternative' that serves the
> same principal purpose (of *educating users to the fact that names
> are merely names, and have no meaning -- or value -- other than
> that which they themselves 'read into' them) although it doesnt do
> much for the internationalization aspect. (On second thought, it
> might give Czech and Polish nets a real boost!) However, again,
> its not a question of renaming; existing 'legible' names will simply
> have to tough out the Trademark War (although some kind of
> amnesty might be provided by aliasing certain characters, so that a
> (possibly contested) mypizzahut registration would appear as
> myp#zzahut for some transition period). *New names (and new
> trademarks for that matter) are the problematic area, as I see it;
> am I wrong?
>
> In any case, how is it so productive to debate who is going to
> 'capture' decision-making power when the kinds of decisions to be
> made are not at all apparent? Or is there an agenda-promulgation
> nominating committee (and an APSO?) in the offing?
>
> kerry
Regards,
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Jeffrey A. Williams
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