Re: [ga] Older Registrations

["William X. Walsh" <william@userfriendly.com>]

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On 29-Mar-2000 Simon Higgs wrote:
> At 02:01 PM 3/27/00 -0800, William X. Walsh wrote:
> 
>>On 27-Mar-2000 Christopher Ambler wrote:
>> > There is every reason to recognize those. If for no other reason, then
>> > Jon Postel caused a number of individuals and companies to spend
>> > good resources in time and money based on his request to show working
>> > code previous to process.
>>
>>All I have to say to this is that you should have made sure that he indeed
>>had
>>the authority he was claiming to have.
> 
> Jon Postel did have the authority to add new TLDs to the root. The evidence 
> is sitting in the root zone right now. His actions were, specifically, as 
> head of IANA & contracted to the NSF/USG, to establish the process and 

His authority existed solely with regard to ccTLDs.  NSF's actions make this
clear.  Provide documentary evidence to back up your claims, or just admit you
are wrong.

Bottom line.  Where did the authority come from, and where is the documentation?

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