RE: [wg-c] Choosing the intial testbed

[Patrick Greenwell <patrick@stealthgeeks.net>]

On Tue, 21 Mar 2000, Christopher Ambler wrote:

> >> How do you define the Internet Community?  And besides, picking the
> >> strings independent of a real proposal for how it will be run is mostly
> >> useless. 
> >
> >Bull. That's like saying you can't run a phone company without a proposal
> >on how it will be run. Domain names are very much akin to a utility. 
> 
> And when was the last time I got to tell the phone company what number
> I wanted or how it should be run?

We just ordered a specific toll-free number. The phone company was happy
to take our business.

> Even my public utilities commission doesn't care.

One problem at a time... ;-)

/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\
                               Patrick Greenwell                          
                       Earth is a single point of failure.
\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/