Re:RFC? IETF? What's That?

[Bob Allisat <bob@wtv.net>]

Allan wrote:
> I don't think you're being totally fair to corporations who have made large
> investments in their intellectual property. 
> 
> That aside, we all need to keep in mind that it was investments made by these
> corporations that legitimized and supported the expansion of the Internet. 
> Without these investments, the Internet would not exist in its present state and
> would still be a toy for technologists and researchers supported by the State.
> 
> We should all learn to live with the trademark issues and concerns of
> corporations if it will continue to foster expansion of the global Net.

 Respectfully: As one who witnessed
 the change from researcher's toy to
 mass media it is the sixty plus
 million citizens of all nations
 who made and make the Internet what
 it is. At the moment what I see is
 Tradmark obsessed Corporations quite
 clearly inhibiting and interfering
 with OUR communications. The interests
 of these organizations must always be
 secondary to the general good.

 We require thousands of Top Level
 Domain Name Registries now. To cut
 the windfall profits and monopolisitc
 abuses being taken by Internic. To
 give us all many choices. To disperse
 the benifits being acrued. To serve
 the 500 million or more people about
 to go on-line around the world. My
 opinions, of course. But opinions
 that appear to be on the ascent in
 support and public awareness.
 
 TeleVirtually Yours,

 Bob Allisat

 Director, World TeleVirtual Network             http://www.wtv.net
 PO Box 191 St E Toronto Canada M6H 4E2                 info@wtv.net