>Gordon Cook wrote:
>
> > greg -- you may be right.
>
> > Yet if you are right and with an ICANN failure all big business would
> > have to do would be to go to Congress for a quick and easy fix, then
> > I ask what are Cerf and Patrick afraid of?
>
>Personally, I think that Cerf and Patrick (and others) are trying to
>strike some type of compromise between the business imperatives that
>are shaping the modern Internet with the cooperative community values
>that created the Internet. In a sense ICANN is the last link to
>Postel's traditional Internet stewardship.
well of course Postel, like ICANN, was rather impeious and did what
he pleased. A key differ ence he was tusted. ICANN is not
>when yuo say that cer f and patrick are trying to
>strike some type of compromise between the business imperatives that
>are shaping the modern Internet with the cooperative community values
that created the Internet, you are making an amazing statement.
I think we bing similar information to the poblem. however I fail to
arrive at you concluson. please justiy and back up with detail your
rather sweeping statement.....
>You have to admit that anything that might happen to cause investors
>to doubt the stability of the Internet might have an unpleasant effect
>on the stock market.
maybe yes maybe know. my position contrary to esther is hat the
pocess DOES matter. The ends do NOT justify the means. unpleasant?
so be it?
> Also, historically, the type of fix Congress has
>had to make to ensure the stability of key communications media has
>favored business imperatives.
so? there is some small hope of redress with congress. with esther
and captin mike there is none.
>
>We still have journalists on this list, right? I wonder if any of
>them will run your story ...
so?
>
>--gregbo
>gds at best.com
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