> Therefore, while if you pick up the phone and call a number you will get
> *always* to the same person, in the proposed system you type a domain name
> and you will get to a different domain *depending on how your system is
> configured*.
A couple of thoughts:
- The telephone system is evolving so that in many instances what one
dials as a phone number is really a name representing a class of
targets and the system selects one from that class based on some
criteria (possibly including random selection.)
This will be even more the case as we move towards IP telephony based
on H.323 or SIP.
- In the case of multiple root systems, any answer to a DNS query that
gives the user something that is not acceptable, then that is bad.
It's this fact that will create pressure on those who offer TLDs to
ensure that TLDs are not fractured or have inconsistent isotopes.
It will also create pressure to drive all operators of root systems to
make sure that their inventory of TLDs is at least as inclusive as
that of their competition. The end result of this is that every
root system will eventually have all TLDs, modulo those that are
troublesome because they are disputed.
--karl--
