RE: [ga] Re: Outreach

[Joseph <fhlee@tm.net.my>]

From Soltiris:
>>> Frankly, I don't care if the shoeshine boys of Vietnam can't afford a
domain name (or internet access).  There are plenty
of people in the developed world who cannot afford either!  The trend
towards leaning over backwards so some third world
nation (that has most likely sucked up billions in aid packages) can have an
equal say in something they had no equal share in developing is sheer
lunacy.  I'm sure there are plenty of people in Vietnam with domain names
AND internet access.  the rest will either get online when they can afford
to, or not.  I don't see how/why the ICANN needs to address (indeed cater
to) the needs of the Third World Internet User, when they haven't even
looked at addressing the desires of those in the Developed World!  This is a
sideshow designed to steal attention from the things that really matter!  I
will not sit back and watch such a farce without speaking up about it.
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*** Myself, having originating from a "developing country", felt compelled
to speak up on this statement. While I do not believe that you should "bend
backwark" to help developing countries, doing so will, in fact, help the
"developed" countries itself. Asia has more people than (for example) USA 4
(four) folds.  Economically, (for example) China is more important to the
west today than any other economy is, as it is still "developing" (like many
other countries in Asia).  Developing is the time when the market is new and
economic "bounties" are plentiful and is where "developed" countries wants
in their marketshare statistics. ICANN is global, so it must think like a
global player. It has to work on BOTH the first world(?) and the third world
at the same time. There are merits to the "Prosper Thy Neighbour" policy as
it will, in return prosper thyself. Also, developing countries have a
substantial number of domain name holders. Forgetting this and isolating
this group of people is analoguos to "let's just cater to the rich and
forget about the poor even though there are more poor people than rich
people." --except that it is on a macro-level.

Also, developing countries does not mean that there are no "good people"
(lesser maybe, but not zero). There are more contents from the developing
countries than you may have thought, mostly isolated in their own language
and culture. There are more lines of code written by programmers from (for
example) India than one may have thought. So, it is untrue to say that
"<snip>...something they had no equal share in developing...<snip>".

Please do reconsider your position.


P/s: I am not saying that Developed countries are better nor am I saying
that the Developing countries are better.  The 2 needs one another. As such,
both parties must look after the well-being of each other.

regards,
- Joseph
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-----Original Message-----
From: owner-ga@dnso.org [mailto:owner-ga@dnso.org]On Behalf Of Sotiris
Sotiropoulos
Sent: Thursday, November 15, 2001 9:08 AM
To: Jeff Williams; ga
Subject: [ga] Re: Outreach


Eric Dierker wrote:

> Developing IT Countries need to increase domestic use of the Internet in
order to reduce shared costs of
> the infrastructure, we cannot do this through individually owned computers
for many reasons, (overuse
> being one), until we gradually increase infrastructure.

ICANN is not here to address the economic development of
developing countries.  That is not parts of its mission.

Frankly, I don't care if the shoeshine boys of Vietnam can't
afford a domain name (or internet access).  There are plenty
of people in the developed world who cannot afford either!
The trend towards leaning over backwards so some third world
nation (that has most likely sucked up billions in aid
packages) can have an equal say in something they had no
equal share in developing is sheer lunacy.  I'm sure there
are plenty of people in Vietnam with domain names AND
internet access.  the rest will either get online when they
can afford to, or not.  I don't see how/why the ICANN needs
to address (indeed cater to) the needs of the Third World
Internet User, when they haven't even looked at addressing
the desires of those in the Developed World!  This
is a sideshow designed to steal attention from the things
that really matter!  I will not sit back and watch such a
farce without speaking up about it.

Sincerely,

Sotiris Sotiropoulos
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