RE: [wg-c] .eu and the notion of regional TLDs

["Christopher Ambler" <cambler@iodesign.com>]

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>That is not correct.  "Draft Postel" was a *draft*, and Postel and
>ISOC  both knew very well what that meant.  ISOC's "endorsement"
>said "this  is a nice first thought, let's go work on it."

Postel told me, in a face-to-face meeting, that the second draft
would
be an RFC, it was where he wanted it, and he was having Bill Manning
clean it up for submission. Bill confirmed that 2 days later.

>The prime reason that the MoU was not implemented was the
>intervention of Magaziner.  In my opinion the definitive
>intervention of Magaziner was at a meeting at the IETF in Washington
>DC where the insertion of the 7 new TLDs was proposed as a testbed,
>and Magaziner said "no".  Up to  that time the MoU was the game in
>town.

You really believe that, even now? No, I don't think you do.

Christopher

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