Re: CORE Show Stopper

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

Jim and all,

Jim Dixon wrote:
> 
> On Sat, 29 Nov 1997, Richard J. Sexton wrote:
> 
> > Mockapetris[1] was dead-on when he said last year IAHC stifles
> > innovation - we simply replace the only proprietary piece of
> > the Internet (NSI's domreg system) with a *different* proprietory
> > piece (Emergents system).
> 
> Bear in mind that the gTLD MOU does not claim authority over all gTLDs,
> just those that are to be managed under the provisions of the gTLD MOU.

  Yes this is true, but I wonder if it will be true long if indeed the
MoU is adopted and they gain control of IANA's root.  Than this point
is really moot in the MoU itself.  But I would bet that at or about 
that time a modification to the MoU to be inclusive of ALL TLD's
in IANA's root will be under the control of CORE or the MoU.
> 
> That is, although the various people on both sides often ignore this,
> the gTLD MOU does not preclude the coexistence of other gTLD registries
> and CORE.  Indeed everyone involved assumes that NSI and CORE will run
> in parallel for some time.

  Yea, about 6 months.
> 
> Mockapetris' claim is understandable but hyperbole.  After all, a very
> large percentage of Internet traffic is routed using Cisco's IOS, a very
> proprietary bit of software.
> 
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