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North American Network Operators Group Date Prev | Date Next | Date Index | Thread Index | Author Index | Historical Re: DNS timeline
who didn't see this coming: http://www.icann.org/cctlds/au/ "Lord, the money we do spend on Government and it's not one bit better than the government we got for one third the money twenty years ago." - Will Rogers Lucy E. Lynch Academic User Services Computing Center University of Oregon [email protected] (541) 346-1774/Cell: 912-7998 On Mon, 25 Feb 2002, Patrick wrote: > > On Mon, 25 Feb 2002, Sean Donelan wrote: > > > > > > > Since it appears DNS goofiness is about to return, I put together > > a timeline of significant events that affected DNS service technically > > over the last 20 years. > > Just in case anyone is wondering what Sean is referring to: > http://www.icann.org/general/lynn-reform-proposal-24feb02.htm > > Basically the CEO of ICANN is saying "we give up" or "we can't control > absolutely everything with all these pesky requirement regarding > representation" and that DNS management needs to be turned over to > governments(ala a WIPO-type organization) and their cronies with a > self-referencing representational structure(read little to no > representation of anyone besides governments and their appointees via a > "Nominating comittee") > > Watching this play out should be fascinating. > > /\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\ > Patrick Greenwell > Asking the wrong questions is the leading cause of wrong answers > \/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/ >
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