At 05:07 PM 7/3/99 , Jonathan Zittrain wrote:
>Craig,
>
>Thanks for a very thoughtful message. Indeed, it does seem like ICANN--or
>anything in its position--is whipsawed between its hybrid public/private
>role. I'd like to think that 100% of the internet--rather than 99%--could
>be decentralized, but there are lots of reasons to see centralization
>occurring with or without those due process controls, or a public-minded
>organization coordinating things like an authoritative root. It'd be
>interesting to see what would happen in a world of multiple roots--I don't
>see how anyone can authoritatively predict what would happen to the
>internet of today with such things--and I'd hope ICANN's position would be
>purely neutral with respect to it: "We just manage the old IANA root; set
>up your own if you like and God bless!" ...JZ
Sorry Jonathan,
Neither you, nor the Berkman Center, nor ICANN
have any *legitimate* claim to manage the old
IANA root.
The last authoritative, community-based consensus
on that question was the White Paper, which ICANN
has ignored since its inception.
Respectfully,
Jay Fenello
President, Iperdome, Inc.� 404-943-0524
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