At 06:44 PM 1/12/99 -0800, you wrote:
>
>What I'm suggesting is that despite the fact that ICANN may have
>unclear origins, people are willing to go along with it because they
>believe it can work. So in a sense ICANN's legitimacy stems from the
>trust that people have placed in it.
That's one theory. The other is "give them enough rope to
hang themseleves". They might surprise everybody and do the
right thing, and they have to be afforded every oppertunity
to do so.
Doesn't mean there isn't a back up plan though. For now
we just watch... and hope the implosion never comes.
--
"We will create a civilization of the Mind in Cyberspace. May it be more
humane and fair than the world your governments have made before." - Barlow.
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