Jay,
I'm simply suggesting that any organization in ICANN's position is going to
have it tough. The white paper, as I read it, calls for a private
non-profit organization to manage the old IANA root. ICANN has been
designated by the gov't to be that "newco," and there's a path by which
whatever authority the gov't had to manage the root--which I understand
some on this list dispute--is slowly handed over to ICANN as the gov't
deems it meeting various milestones. This is a form of authority wholly
independent of the question of whether you think it's been earned--or is
being abused.
And you can count me out for managing the old IANA root. I wouldn't touch
it with a ten foot pole! ...JZ
At 05:41 PM 7/3/99 , Jay Fenello wrote:
>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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Jon Zittrain
Executive Director, Berkman Center for Internet & Society at Harvard Law School
http://cyber.law.harvard.edu
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