Re: Cato Institute on Domain Names

[Jeff Williams <jwkckid1@ix.netcom.com>]

Jay and all,

Jay Fenello wrote:
> 
> At 01:57 PM 10/24/97 -0700, andi payn wrote:
> >Jay:
> >
> >Correct me if I'm wrong, but don't you support compulsory national TLD use?
> 
> See below . . .
> 
> >Also, if you're concerned with the ITU taking over, the safest path is not
> >to reject the US Government, but to get the US Government to agree to a
> >transition plan to a better solution and to protect that solution during the
> >transition.
> 
> Agreed.  I don't believe that my posting suggested otherwise!
> 
> [BTW, Iperdome suggested this very same approach in a press release
> way back in April.  See:  http://www.iperdome.com/press/429prn.htm ]
> 
> >This paper doesn't sound like something you'd agree with, unless I'm
> >mistaken about some of your positions.
> 
> Iperdome's position is summarized at http://www.iperdome.com/noi.txt
> 
>    Iperdome's Approach
> 
>    Iperdome believes that the gTLD-MoU is the wrong solution for
>    Global Internet Governance (GIG), and the wrong solution for
>    the Domain Name Crisis.  It is our opinion that GIG must be
>    postponed until the Internet has had a little time to mature,
>    and all Internet stakeholders have had an opportunity to
>    participate in the process that will profoundly affect them
>    for many years to come.
>         <snip>
>    Iperdome believes that the best compromise will result if we
>    separate the problem into its two separate components (GIG
>    <===> fixing the Domain Name Space).  Then we can find a
>    temporary solution to the latter, while diverse groups of
>    Internet stakeholders formalize a solution to the former, and
>    larger issue.
> 
> What you are confused about is our suggested "temporary"
> "compromise" solution.  Cumpulsory national TLD use is not
> in Iperdome's long term best interest, nor is it in the
> Internet's long term best interest.
> 
> The Cato paper *is* a long term solution that *is* in
> the best interest of the Internet.  See:
>    <http://www.cato.org/pubs/briefs/bp-033.html>

  I have read this brief several times.  On the whole it is a
very good and more comprehensive approach then most of what I have
seen lately, including the MoU and CORE-MoU.  However, a culmination
of the MoU and most of the ideas of the brief listed here from the
Cato institute would be advisible IMHO.  But than again, according to
Jim DIxon of late, I am just a court Jester.  >;)  Riiiiiiight!?
> 
Regards,

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