Re: War of Internet Governance: 1995 - ????

[Bob Allisat <tor@wtv.net>]

Bob Hefant wrote:
> The models are inherently at odds.  I suggested a model that allowed shared
> TLDs for those Registrars and customers who felt most comfortable that way
> and TLDs run by single companies for Registars and customers who wanted to
> go that route at the MoU signing in Geneva, as well as to NSI a few weeks
> later.  I told the IAHC/iPOC that allowing non-shared registries would
> possibly prove their contention that this is not what people want.
> Experience tells me us all that diferent people want different things and
> there is no need to force one view on people.  When that is done, it
> creates an oppressed group and oppression creates dissention, etc...  Maybe
> the IAHC felt it would weaken their position to embrace both camps.  For
> whatever reason, they didn't take my suggestion for world peace.  Perhaps
> if eDNS was better presented, with similar support as CORE now has, it will
> be brought in as an parallel alternative to CORE for Registrars and
> registrants with a first use protection on the TLDs to get it rolling and
> mutual agreement before any new ones are added.

 eDNS may well be a spent force. However
 the Alternate Domain Name roups *is*
 regenrating itself into something as
 coherant as the CORE or INTERNIC. My-
 self and most other reasonable onlookers
 are of the view that shared and so-called
 "exclusive" domains can happily co-exist.
 I intend to organize the FREEnic as a
 shared domain dispersing it's capabilities
 world-wide if we are given the opportunity.

 However all hinges upon being given that
 opportunity. All we are saying is give DNS
 peace a chance (sorry John!).

 TeleVirtually Yours,

 Bob Allisat

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