Hi Elliot,
The points you make are valid. As well, i am still quite suspicious about
how Icann operates and who's interests are being served. In this respect i
am not convinced that certain fundamentals have changed.
regards,
Swerve
> From: "Elliot Noss" <enoss@tucows.com>
> Date: Fri, 4 Jan 2002 12:28:27 -0500
> To: <baptista@pccf.net>, "Chuck Hatcher" <chatcher@ashland-ky.net>
> Cc: <discuss-list@opensrs.org>
> Subject: RE: Domain name quagmire
>
> Let's all not forget that in two years retail prices are much lower, service
> levels are much higher and innovation is much greater, all while the
> incumbant monopoly has gone from 100% to somewhere in the low 20's%.
>
> To say nothing has changed is not accurate.
>
> Regards
>
> Elliot Noss
> Tucows inc.
> 416-538-5494
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: owner-discuss-list@opensrs.org
>> [mailto:owner-discuss-list@opensrs.org]On Behalf Of baptista@pccf.net
>> Sent: Friday, January 04, 2002 10:43 AM
>> To: Chuck Hatcher
>> Cc: discuss-list@opensrs.org
>> Subject: Re: Domain name quagmire - was Scott Allen (sic) is full...
>>
>>
>> On Fri, 4 Jan 2002, Chuck Hatcher wrote:
>>
>>> With the new year as a traditional time to reflect on the past, I am
>>> beginning to feel less than proud to be a part of the domain
>> name business.
>>> It seems that in the past year so many instances of registrars,
>> registries,
>>> and ICANN behaving badly have come to light that I have to
>> wonder what the
>>> future will bring. I am no fan of government regulation or
>> interference,
>>
>> More of the same I would imagine. I have been monitoring this show for
>> some time - at least now 4 or 5 years - and nothing has changed. And I
>> expect it will get worse.
>>
>>> and in the case of the Internet, what government would have
>> jurisdiction,
>>> anyway? But this industry desperately needs to get a handle on
>> the issue of
>>> ethical business practices, and in my opinion this means structuring
>>> policies that will avoid any appearance of impropriety.
>>
>> Won't happen and for that matter can't happen. ICANN and it's associates
>> are very much like a government bureacracy. And as we all have come to
>> know in our respective lifetimes government bureacracies are like
>> tombstones. Example: the Ministry of Environment marks the death of our
>> environment, the Minitries of Labour mark the grave of employment and the
>> Ministry of "anything else" almost always marks the grave of "anything
>> else".
>>
>> The DNS by it's very nature requires open and effective co-operation
>> between internet operators. Under these circumstance it is easy to show
>> that ICANN is not the answer. And this is slowly being recognized by
>> others. The Chinese no longer use the US root system to resolve, no does
>> the various associates of New.net or the numerous alternative root
>> systems.
>>
>> Two years ago non USG root system controlled only 5% of internet
>> resolution. No that number is about 20% - 30%.
>>
>> So I expect someday we'll be able to put a few flowers on ICANN's grave.
>>
>> regards
>> joe baptista
>>
>>
>
>
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