[governance] Ideas that this mailing list has agreed to

[Adam Peake]

At 11:04 PM +0300 11/9/05, McTim wrote:
>On 11/9/05, Danny Younger <dannyyounger at yahoo.com> wrote:
>>  I cannot agree to paragraph 46.
>>
>>  Perhaps you might agree with the following wording:
>
>nope, can't do it.  I prefer Adam's para 46.


I'm with Tim (it was not my para, it was agreed by the caucus and alt 
roots were discussed.)  Alt roots have been rejected by the vast 
majority long ago, so we said "broadly acceptable to all 
stakeholders."  I think mentioning something about not hindering 
innovation in root server development might be sound, but nothing 
more.

Adam


>  >
>>  46.  Experimental registry systems offering name
>>  registration services in an alternative set of
>>  exclusive domains developed as early as January 1996.
>>  Although visible to only a fraction of Internet users,
>>  alternative systems such as the name.space, AlterNIC,
>>  and eDNS affiliated registries contributed to the
>>  community's dialogue on the evolution of DNS
>>  administration.
>
>this is true. sort of.
>
>>
>>  The acceptance of multiple roots in the DNS is an
>>  important enabler of innovation, competition and
>>  choice.
>>
>
>also a very bad idea IMO.
>
>>  Root-level competition will allow the end user
>>  community (the market) to decide which constellation
>>  of root-servers to support on the basis of value
>>  offered (for instance, one root system may carry the
>>  proposed .xxx TLD while another may choose not to
>>  subject its users to such prurient offerings).
>>
>
>You forgot: "and lead to chaos"
>
>>  An ample array of choices will result from competition
>>  at the root-level.  Current ICANN TLD selection
>>  processes limited to the legacy root will not offer
>>  the prospect of a large quantity of meaningful choices
>>  for the broader Internet community anytime in the near
>>  future -- this is the hazard inherent in the single
>>  root system approach.
>
>For some value of 'large choice
>
>I've got enough choice AFAIAC.
>
>>  >
>
>--
>Cheers,
>
>McTim
>nic-hdl:      TMCG
>"In theory there is no difference between theory and practice. In
>practice there is"
>Yogi Berra

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