Bill Lovell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Greg Skinner wrote:
>> When I wrote 'consumers' I was thinking of individuals, and yes, they
>> should have some say over who is determining what choices they have.
>> However, as far as this specific thread goes (what choices do users
>> have as far as getting DNS service), it seems to me that ICANN has little
>> actual authority. Also, Mike Roberts has been honest; he has made public
>> statements to the effect that individuals can take their DNS service from
>> elsewhere if they wish.
> Is that then the final step in the process by which the WWW, as first
> adopted from the scientific, academic and military communities by
> individuals, commencing with circumstances under which commercial
> operations were not even allowed, will have been taken over entirely by
> the business/commercial community and the individual is shown the
> door?
Why don't you ask Mike Roberts? It's him, not me, who is not recognizing
new TLDs. Or better still, ask the multitude of ISPs, NAPs, unversity
computing departments, independent hackers, etc., why they don't point
their DNS servers at the alternative roots. They are the ones who are
determining what domain names are visible.
--gregbo
