At 12:52 PM 10/11/99 -0700, you wrote:
>"Richard J. Sexton" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>> At 11:47 AM 10/11/99 -0700, Greg Skinner wrote:
>
>>> Generally speaking, Usenet consists of a user population that is
>>> generally much more Internet savvy than the Internet population at
>>> large.
>
>> So ?
>
>> The point it, it works. It's not a problem, usenet has grown -
>> and rapidly so - in spite of it.
>
>But this is not enough to get Vixie on your side, despite the fact
>that he goes back with Usenet a long way. This is not enough for the
>NTIA to seriously consider the Usenet approach as a method of solving
>the DNS problem, despite the fact that people like the Haubens argued
>for it.
Absolutely nothing short of bowing to the dictator du jour (IAHC, ICANN0
will get Vixie "on my side" and I really don't care. He was wgonr about
useent and he's wrong now. The NTIA has no authority. Who cares?
>I should also point out that a lot of the "cluelessness" aspect of
>Usenet has more to do with an inability or unwillingness to follow
>"rules of etiquette," which has nothing to do with technical or
>administrative skills. For example, those individuals who engaged in
>rmgroup wars knew exactly what they were doing.
So? rmgroup wars happened in one hierarchy out of many, for a limited
period of time. Stupid net tricks, like redirecting internic.
>> I'm well aware of their fuddy techniques.
>
>I don't understand what you mean here.
They spread FUD.
>Here's another example. I see you are on the names list. There are a
>lot of students there, many who have little or no experience with
>these issues. Presumably, someone like Brian Carpenter can join that
>list, and argue his position against alternative TLDs. What criteria
>are those students going to use in evaluating his proposal vs. yours?
>Do you believe you will be able to convince them that yours is the
>correct approach? (Hint: consider this to be like an "election" where
>the "parties" are presenting their points of view.) Do you believe
>that you need to convince them?
I don't want to convince anybody of anything. I hope poeple will
educate themselves and draw their own conclusions--
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"I see you've got yout fist out. Say your peace and get out. Guess
I get the gist of it, but... it's alright. Sorry that you feel that
way. The only thing there is to say is to say: ever silver lining
has a touch of grey" - JG.
