Bill and all, I don't believe athat anyone is preaching anarchy of any kind. Rather I would submit, respectfully, that many are concerned about participation and voice and vote in the process. This seems to be greatly lacking or in some cases missing entirely. Bill Lovell wrote: > At 07:18 PM 6/20/99 -0500, you wrote: > >Bill, > > > >I agree completely that there must be standards, guidelines (some even > >strict), rules and regulations. Utter chaos will gain us nothing but a > >technological Tower of Babel. > > > >However, many a standard has been documented post facto. > > Gene: > > True, true. So let's "document" .com, .org, etc., and get on with it. > > IETF RFC's are > >not all visionary conceptual documents that foresaw the need for a given > >technology or methodology. Many (if not most) have been developed due to > >input from the "soft underbelly" to which you refer. > > Ah, yes, but such input most productively consists of something other > than chanting the "rights" mantra -- a refuge of the intellectually destitute > who have nothing else to contribute. > > > >Regulation and control for their own sake is socialism. > > > And who would say they would not be? Not me. Been there; > seen it, don't like it. :-) > > And by the way, Mr. Ed Gerck, you missed your chance: down > in Eugene, Oregon yesterday, a group of anarchists, in their quest > for a more "simple life," set out to tear down our technological > world by trashing windows, hammering passing vehicles, stopping > main artery traffic, etc., etc., until finally the police had stood by > long enough and started making arrests. It is the anarchists who > make regulation and control necessary in order that the system > can survive, not the other way around. > > Bill Lovell Regards, -- Jeffrey A. Williams CEO/DIR. Internet Network Eng/SR. Java/CORBA Development Eng. Information Network Eng. Group. INEG. INC. E-Mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] Contact Number: 972-447-1894 Address: 5 East Kirkwood Blvd. Grapevine Texas 75208
