Re: A point of agreement (Re: [ga-roots] response to response to response)

["NameCritic" <watch-dog@inreach.com>]

Continuing on the same thing here. You wrote "ICANN has proposed one way:
strict regulation of entries into a single
> root, no conflicts allowed" Again that reflects the thinking that ICANN
hasn't allowed conflicts when they have introduced existing TLDs. Maybe you
mean that to say, no conflicts unless ICANN creates them.


Chris McElroy aka NameCritic

----- Original Message -----
From: "Harald Tveit Alvestrand" <harald@alvestrand.no>
To: "Milton Mueller" <mueller@syr.edu>
Cc: <ga-roots@dnso.org>
Sent: Monday, May 28, 2001 11:55 PM
Subject: A point of agreement (Re: [ga-roots] response to response to
response)


> At 00:40 29.05.2001 -0400, Milton Mueller wrote:
> >Smart service providers won't offer highly
> >conflicted names, most consumers won't buy them,
> >and ISPs won't support them. They will converge, or
> >die. Domain names have no value otherwise. You
> >can't play with them, or hang them on your wall.
>
> Thanks for making it clear that you think a single root will eventually
occur.
>
> It is clear that we have agreement even among those who do not want to
> admit it that there needs to be a way to get to the point where one name
> has only one resolution in any DNS service.
>
> ICANN has proposed one way: strict regulation of entries into a single
> root, no conflicts allowed.
> Name.space, ORSC and others have proposed another way: first come first
> served, talk until tired whenever conflicts occur.
> New.net has proposed a third way: sell what you want, and hope to get so
> many customers that the others won't dare challenge you.
>
> I personally think that ICANN's way is fairer and less painful than the
> other current proposals; I may be in a minority on that.
>
>
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