Gordon Cook wrote: > I also wonder why, if these issues of why the internet will fail if > ICANN doesn't have its way have been well thought out and are > passionately believed in, it's not possible to take an extra hour or > two and put them into ascii. I had a task to do and stayed up until > three AM to do it last night. Am I the only one with the conviction > that this debate is serious enough to become a bit sleep deprived? This goes back to what I wrote earlier about the resources that well-heeled corporations can give to lobbying as compared to what activists can give. Large corporations have the money to pay people to do their leg work. They can hire people to write up scenarios that they can take to government officials. Because the presentation is organized, the officials are likely to be sympathetic if the scenarios seem plausible. On the other hand, activists have to do their leg work by themselves, on their own personal time. But they will want to spend time with their families; need to do their jobs, etc, so there's only but so much they can give to the cause. Moreover, if they start to feel unappreciated, they're likely to withdraw from the process. The withdrawal of a few well-respected (by government) activists from a movement can very well kill it. --gregbo
