[ga-full] RE: [aso-policy] RE: [aso-comment] IP address holders - are they represented?

[mike.norris@heanet.ie]

I agree with David Conrad.  And that's not just because he maintains
a courteous tone in his mails.  David's record is one of achievement
through cooperation, and I would suggest that collaboration rather than
confrontation is what we need.

Regards.

Mike Norris

> -----Original Message-----
> From: !Dr. Joe Baptista [mailto:baptista@pccf.net]
> Sent: Tuesday, March 14, 2000 4:07 PM
> To: David R. Conrad
> Cc: Michael Sondow; mike.norris@heanet.ie;
> aso-policy@lists.aso.icann.org; aso-comment@lists.aso.icann.org;
> list@ifwp.org; ga@dnso.org
> Subject: Re: [aso-policy] RE: [aso-comment] IP address holders - are
> they represented?
> 
> 
> 
> 
> On Tue, 14 Mar 2000, David R. Conrad wrote:
> 
> > IPv4 address allocation is based on technical 
> considerations that relate to
> > management of a limited (albeit one can argue not currently 
> scarce) resource
> > and the implications the allocation of that resource has on 
> the Internet
> > routing system.  The allocation of IPv4 addresses has 
> _NEVER_ been democratic,
> > it has been and is driven by the physics of the Internet.
> 
> No - that's misinformation and in your case a lie.  The IPv4 address
> blocks were handed out by postel to a large extend as good 
> merit badges to
> his friends.  We all know the facts on that Conrad, and that's why the
> IPv4 system is suffering such scarcity - and the reason why 
> the IETF is
> running around like scared bunnies trying to get IPv6 to work 
> - which it
> won't.
> 
> > What I would like to see is continued reliance on technical 
> considerations for
> > the allocation of IPv4 address space rather than a system 
> that relies on
> > politics.
> 
> Unacceptable.  You can not run from politics when you try to effect
> control.  It's a well established fact you know.
> 
> Regards
> Joe Baptista
> 

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