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Re: Tired

At 7:25 PM -0800 12/22/96, Rick H. Wesson wrote:

> I must say I'm tired of the sef intrest expressed on this list.
> IMHO what we should be discussing should *NOT* be in our
> self intrest but in the smooth running of the DNS system.
>

Then DNS must be fixed to meet modern use - especially the ability to
reverse map any single entry field anywhere in any level of any zone.
My, it would work like a directory then!

> Sure some will make a buck of manageing DNS but I believe it
> should be run smoothly. I don't like the 60 day waiting peroid
> but I do understand why it is a good idea. If it reduces the
> amount of lawers and law suits with respect to domain names
> then it is a *GOOD* idea.
>

It's not going to reduce the amount of lawyers. It will increase them.
You'll find a whole new "ambulance-chaser" industry created around the
monitoring of the newly published domain name requests.

> I don't like the lottery because I'd like to be involved in
> the future regestries. IMHO a lottery does reduce the number of
> entities working in a shared regestry. I believe a shared regestry
> is a good thing and should be developed further.
>

Spot on.



Simon

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