Public trust fantasy (was Re: [ga-roots] ICANN Discussion Draft posted May 28)

[Simon Higgs <simon@higgs.com>]

At 02:03 PM 5/29/01 -0400, Milton Mueller wrote:

There is no such thing as "public trust" in the context of DNS. It's a 
failed bullet point from the failed gTLD-MOU.

The Internet is a group of interconnected PRIVATE networks. The DNS name 
space is unique and delegations are EXCLUSIVE.

Get over this "public trust" nonsense. It's a PRIVATE TRUST, folks.

> >>> "Page Howe" <page@pagehowe.com> 05/29/01 02:05AM >>>
>You cant just take the public trust mantle, you still have to earn it.
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>Exactly correct. And how would you evaluate an organization that, faced
>with obvious, growing and significant defections from the community it 
>purports to represent, circles the wagons and claims that the defectors 
>either don't exist or are evil and destructive (or both at the same time?)
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Best Regards,

Simon

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