It was 40 acres and a mule - FYI
On 8/14/10 11:22 AM, "John R. Levine" <[email protected]> wrote: >> Convincingly said here on an ISP mailing list. But what about the >> folks who were denied address assignments by ARIN policies over the >> last 15 years? Denied them based on the fiction that ISPs didn't own >> IP addresses, that they were merely holding the addresses in trust for >> the public they serve. ... > > I dunno. What was New York's responsibility in the 1790s to guys who > didn't join the army because they had to stay home and take care of their > widowed mother and six younger sisters? > > I wouldn't for a moment claim that IPv4 space was a way that was uniformly > fair or wise or close to ideal. But I don't think you're going to have > much luck imposing fairness and wisdom retroactively on people who've > already got the space. > > R's, > John >
