Re[2]: (Fwd) Re: [ga-roots] alternate roots considered harmful

["William X. Walsh" <william@userfriendly.com>]

Hello NameCritic,

Friday, May 25, 2001, 2:34:58 AM, NameCritic wrote:
>> That is no standard at all, and as a result, those claims will not,
>> and in fact should not, be taken seriously or given any credibility
>> whatsoever.

> Then that makes a lot of things invalid becaus to get a TLD or domain name
> in the beginning all you had to do was ask Jon Postel. Does this mean that
> .com, .net, .org, .mil , .edu, and , .gov are invalid since that was how
> they were created?

You obviously do not know your domain history very well.

>>
>> And no, Simon, filing a registration document with IANA years ago does
>> not satisfy a reasonable standard either.

> Why not? They were the authority then. The same as ICANN is supposed to be
> now. To invalidate those agreements is to make all ICANN agreements only

First of all, that they were "Agreements" is something that only those
who "applied" believes.  Secondly,  Postel did not have the authority
to enter into those agreements.


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William X Walsh
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