Re: Re[2]: [ga-roots] Re: [icann-eu] Letter to Dr. Vint Cerf

["NameCritic" <watch-dog@inreach.com>]

Chris McElroy aka NameCritic

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From: "Dassa" <dassa@dhs.org>
To: "[ga-roots]" <ga-roots@dnso.org>
Sent: Thursday, May 10, 2001 4:09 AM
Subject: RE: Re[2]: [ga-roots] Re: [icann-eu] Letter to Dr. Vint Cerf


> |> Wednesday, May 09, 2001, 7:35:38 PM, Roeland Meyer wrote:
> |>
> |> > This is one of my problems with the NeuStar BIZ TLD, among  others, I
> am now
> |> > writing a Java application that  fetches the raw zone files and
builds
> a
> |> > master root-zone from the atoms and stuffs it into my CVS repository.
> Unless
> |> > specifically requested by my clients, they will never see the NeuStar
> BIZ
> |> > TLD, as long as Leah stays in business.
>
> This highlights one of the problems I have with the so called
> "alternative"/"competitive" roots.  Here we clearly have individuals
> dictating what users will be able to resolve.  Without any true community
> input or participation.
>
> I still consider calling them "private" roots is the most descriptive and
> accurate term.  They are not true community mechanisms.

HEY! That sounds just like ICANN. What makes you think ICANN is not doing
that very same thing by not including the "private, cooperative, altenate
roots"?

They are deciding what will resolve for people and they have no true bottom
up consensus on ANYTHING they do. That is exactly why we're here. You
pointed it out very well. Thanks.

>
> Darryl (Dassa) Lynch.
>
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