Re: [ga] ICANN TO LOSE COUNTRY CODES?

[Marc Schneiders <marc@venster.nl>]

On Mon, 27 Nov 2000, at 15:04 [=GMT-0800], William X. Walsh wrote:

> If the article didn't make comments like this one:
> +++++++++++++++
> Suppose the .uk names were ultimately registered in a single text file
> - as they all are right now - not in Herndon Virginia, home of the NSI
> (actually, it's owned by NSI's parent company Verisign) but on a
> server in the Anyplace Islands. British users, or anyone else wanting
> to click to a .uk domain would need to access Anyplace or one of its
> downstream name servers. How would they do that? Through their ISP.
> +++++++++++++++
> 
> which clearly shows they have no understanding of how the system works
> and what is really being discussed, it might have been interesting.

Journalists do not always get all the facts straight. It is remarkable
that the one who wrote this at least found the issue. It didn't get
through that much.

Of course ccTLDs won't change to another root. They don't need to. But
the existence of altroots makes that they can say to ICANN that they
won't pay the tax levied. And ICANN cannot really threaten to
throw them out. Good for them. 

-- 
Marc Schneiders (rest in header)



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