RE: [ga-roots] Community Roots or Red Herrings)

["Dassa" <dassa@dhs.org>]

|> -----Original Message-----
|> From: owner-ga-roots@dnso.org [mailto:owner-ga-roots@dnso.org]On Behalf
|> Of Simon Higgs
|> Sent: Sunday, May 13, 2001 4:32 AM
|> To: ga-roots@dnso.org
|> Subject: RE: [ga-roots] Community Roots or Red Herrings)

|> First misconception. With ICANN, there is no co-operation, there are
only
|> contracts. A major shift from the original way the Internet is used to
|> functioning.

Such a blanket statement, "there is no co-operation, there are only
contracts", it is also obviously not correct.  The Internet is still
largely based around co-operation and even contracts are a formal
documentation of a co-operation agreement.

|> Second misconception. There is no shortage of TLDs. There's an
artificially
|> manufactured scarcity. Big difference. Root fracture is a natural
|> consequence of artificial scarcity. The Internet routes around failure.
|> Take away the artificial scarcity, put all the TLDs requested since 1995
|> into the USG root, and the problem goes away.

If there is no shortage of TLD's there is no scarcity either.  There are
many potential strings that may be used as TLD's and we currently only have
a small subset available in the root zone.  I would also like to see more
TLD's made available in the root zone and we are gradually seeing an
increase.  The main differences in our thinking it appears is the methods
involved in adding more TLD's.  I wish to see solid procedures developed
that will allow for an organized introduction of new TLD's, I do not agree
with a free for all where anyone can create a new space using a TLD and
have it automatically inserted into the root zone.

I also doubt the problem will go away, there will always be some
dissatisfaction.

Darryl (Dassa) Lynch.

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