On Tue, 13 Jul 1999 16:22:20 -0700 (PDT), Greg Skinner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
>William X. Walsh wrote:
>
>> [The IANA root is the] default root, and you would be surprised how
>> many people believe that if they don't point to it, their
>> dns/internet will be broken.
>
>Of course lots of people believe this, but is this ICANN's fault, and
>does adding lots of new TLDs to the IANA root correct this behavior?
>
>When the new registrars were announced, there were all sorts of
>complaints (including some from the alternative TLD crowd) demanding
>to know why those companies were chosen. Why would the situation
>with .per, .web, or any of the others be any different?
So because something will cause some controversy we avoid doing it?
Come on, this circular logic is nauseating.
>I'm not saying that these new TLDs *shouldn't* be added to the IANA
>root, but what I *am* saying is that I don't see the level of
>consensus for those TLDs existing at this time as existed when other
>TLDs were added (e.g. .net).
I guess that depends on how you define "is."
In other words, arguing over semantics (which is a speciality of
yours) doesn't get us anywhere Greg.
--
William X. Walsh
General Manager, DSo Internet Services
Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fax:(209) 671-7934
"The fact is that domain names are new and have unique
characteristics, and their status under the law is not yet clear."
--Kent Crispin (June 29th, 1999)
