Jonathan Zittrain <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> 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
Perhaps looking at what the net was like at a time when multiple
(email) addressing systems were in effect will give some clues.
My general opinion is that for an expert user, the net was only
slightly less useful or usable. (The challenge back then was to
figure out ways to get your email through quickly and consistently.)
If you were able to do that you were looked upon as an email guru.
Things were much more confusing (imho) for non-expert users.
It should also be pointed out that a major reason for the development
of DNS was to eliminate some of the arcane email addressing systems,
for the purpose of making things simpler for users.
--gregbo
