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Marc Hurst supposedly said: > > > On Thu, 22 May 1997, Perry E. Metzger wrote: > > > Duane Little writes: > > > Gee, this sort of thing looks a lot like the routine abuse of position > > > and authority which is the usual result of a monopoly. > > > > > > The monopoly in this case? --- IANA. > > > > The government of Hati sent Jon Postel a request that the .HT domain > > be reassigned. The wishes of the government were followed. Is it your > > contention that the wishes of the Hatian government should NOT have > > been followed? Can you give us a basis in international law that makes > > you think Jon is in a position to deny the request of a sovereign > > state? Do you think the U.S. State Department would be pleased with > > Jon if he were to decide arbitrarily to assign any ISO-3166 TLD > > against the wishes of the government of that country? > > SKYSCAPE had offered IANA/Jon Postel to fund the ".ca" domain at no > cost and no prejudice based on the premise and understanding that the > Canadian government had stopped funding the project. SKYSCAPE was willing > to fund the existing infrastructure as is (our cost). > > > So? As soon as the Canadian Government directs the IANA to delegate ".ca" to Skyscape I am sure the IANA will change the delegation. Your statement has no relevance to this discussion. ---> Phil - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
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