Re: [ga] Dave: "they are free"

["Roberto Gaetano" <ga_chair@hotmail.com>]

Patrick,

>
>Your argument is simply stating the problem we are all (or, at least, most 
>of
>us) are familiar with.  But the way you are arguing is supporting the 
>monopoly
>power position.  For a humane, internet-savvy person, it is not a good 
>argument.

On one thing I guess we all agree: the access to the root (system) has to be 
co-ordinated. One body of some sort has to act as co-ordinator. Whether this 
is ICANN, meta-ICANN, USG, ITU, UN, or the Wizard of Oz, is irrelevant to 
the debate.
This co-ordination is not about a "monopoly", but a "regulatory" body.


>
>Wouldn't you like to see a low-cost TLD for charities, NGOs, etc.?  Why 
>should
>everything be under the control of a single omnipotent, all-conquering  
>ICANN?


Indeed.
And I do believe that, once this first phase of limited, "testbed extension" 
of the domain name space (very welcome after years of "no extension") will 
be over, new rules can be put in place for "further extension".
Remember the accreditation of 5 testbed Registrars? Well, since then, many 
others have joined, and the conditions for entry have changed.
Ther initial barreer has a rationale in limiting the initial demand.
Who excludes that new Registries cannot be accredited in the future, in the 
same way that new Registrars have been accredited? But if we postpone this 
first step (once again!) with pretestuous excuses, we will never have the 
second step.

>
>Personally I like to see a bit of diversity in my life.  And varieties 
>other
>than vanilla.

Exactly.
7 initial flavours bring already the variety that has been denied by years 
of no-new-flavour policy. For the time being, I'm happy with vanilla and 
chocolate, if it's a first step towards tutti-frutti.
But don't try to sell me the promise of future tutti-frutti through the 
refusal of today's plain vanilla. I asked my daughters (ice-cream experts 
-as well as Internet experts- of the family), and they told me not to buy 
it.

Regards
Roberto


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