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On Thu, Apr 10, 1997 at 03:31:59PM -0700, Michael Dillon wrote: > On Thu, 10 Apr 1997, Karl Denninger wrote: > > > > The rest of the > > > organizations that have announced an intent to sign at a formal > > ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ > > > The IAHC has said they *SIGNED* the documents. > > > > Intent and action are two different things Perry. > > Grow up Karl! Hank Nussbacher said as follows: > > Of the over 25 signatories (so far), MCI is just one. UUnet, Digital, > France Telecom, EFF, are others that come to mind. > > Hank is only one member of the IAHC and does not issue official > statements. But he lied. The EFF has said they *HAVE NOT* signed. In fact, according to the other people involved, *NONE* of those so-called signatories are in fact signatories at this point in time. > He's also human and can make mistakes. Maybe since English is not the only > language he uses in his daily work, he missed some of the subtlety > inherent in the word "signatory". There is no subtlety in the word "signatory". > > So the truth is that there are *TWO* signatures, one of which is bogus as > > IANA isn't an organization (and thus can't sign anything as "IANA"; Mr. > > Postel can sign the document as *JON POSTEL*, but not as the "IANA" as it is > > a task, not an organization). > > Jon Postel can sign any document he darn well pleases under whatever > rubric he darn well pleases to use. In particular, it is well known that > Jon Postel is the official voice of IANA and is the one who makes official > statements for IANA. This MoU looks a lot like an official statement to > me. The IANA *DOES NOT EXIST* as an organization. -- -- Karl Denninger ([email protected])| MCSNet - The Finest Internet Connectivity http://www.mcs.net/~karl | T1's from $600 monthly to FULL DS-3 Service | 99 Analog numbers, 77 ISDN, http://www.mcs.net/ Voice: [+1 312 803-MCS1 x219]| NOW Serving 56kbps DIGITAL on our analog lines! Fax: [+1 312 803-4929] | 2 FULL DS-3 Internet links; 400Mbps B/W Internal - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
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