[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Kerry Miller) wrote:
> 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) [...]
Did you see the post from Andy Oram of O'Reilly and Associates on the
domain name conflict? If not, I highly recommend it. It's at:
http://www.oreilly.com/people/staff/andyo/ar/dns_trademark.html
The report gives a synopsis of the events at hand, some historical
background, and some perspective. I thought he did a very good job.
This type of report can be a basis for educating people about domain
names. It also doesn't require that extra levels of hierarchy be
added to DNS, or that new registrations be restricted to character
strings that are "non-conflicting".
If you are as serious about education as you say, why not take some
intiative yourself? There are people in ISOC, for example, who are
interested in putting together some educational material on the
Internet. Why not join forces with them? I'm sure they'd welcome the
help. Or you could arrange to speak at one of the web conferences
that are surely to be attended by people who have an interest in
getting online, and would like to get some information on how to do
so.
Isn't this better than accusing people of being irresponsible? It
seems that way to me.
--gregbo
