At 11:20 PM 3/22/99 -0500, A.M. Rutkowski wrote:
continuum. The InterNIC today is about as relevant as the
>NSFNet backbone. They both hail from the same era.
So, the fact that it is old means that it is irrelevant.
Interesting logic, since TCP and IP are even older. I gather than IANA is
not longer "relevant" either?
>Over the coming months, there will be more NSI-like
>registrars, as well as new TLD registries. Their sites will look
In all likelihood, there will NOT be any NSI-like registrars, since NSI
controls both the TLD AND the registrar sales activities. It has no real
split and, therefore, has undue control.
>A year from now, this will be a fuzzy initial edge of a much
>broader transition we will only vaguely recollect.
As I recall, you made a similar prediction a year ago. Or was it two?
Probably both.
d/
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