[Nettime-bold] Re: <nettime> Village Voice on Paul Garrin and Name.Space

[t byfield <tbyfield@panix.com>]

nettime's roving reporter (Thu 04/05/01 at 06:26 PM -0400):

> http://www.villagevoice.com/issues/0114/ferguson.shtml

slashdotters were a bit more critical than the article:

     <http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/04/03/2258226>

...which is pretty remarkable, because comments about DNS on
slashdot tend to be naive in the extreme: lots of 'hard-nosed'
libertarian types and people saying 'we should set up our own
root'--as if there weren't already lots of alt roots.

this one was especially notable, imo (note the author's domain):

     Possible Solution: The British Way of Doing Things
     (Score:5, Insightful)
     by The Dodger (dodger@2600.com) on 01-04-04 6:13 EST
     (User #10689 Info) http://www.2600.com/

     The .uk domain is administrated by Nominet, a not-for-profit
     organisation, whose membership is open to "any person or
     organisation with an interest in the Internet". Effectively, it's
     a kind of co-op and the most active (and, therefore, the most
     influential) members of this particular co-op are it's biggest
     customers - the ISPs who register *.uk domains. 
     
     Nominet is a monopoly, in that it has exclusive control over the
     .uk TLD, but few complain about this, because it is largely run
     by and for the benefit of it's customers. 
     
     Furthermore, the oversight inherent in an organisation with open
     membership and the competition between those ISPs in the
     marketplace ensure that Nominet's actions benefit all UK Internet
     users. 
     
     This is how all TLDs should be administrated - for the common
     good, instead of for the profit of the company who won the
     contract. 
     
     And, incidentally, this is how ICANN should be run, too. 
     
     D. 
     
cheers,
t


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