Re: Remove The Net From The Grip Of The US Gov't! (Name.Space)

James Rogers (jamesr@best.com)
Mon, 09 Dec 1996 18:40:41 -0800

At 05:31 PM 12/9/96 -0800, you wrote:
>I was considering all the developments on the web when I heard about a
>startup called Name.Space which will decentralize the power InterNIC
>currently holds in defining domain names and allow everyone to have their
>original name for $25/month. You would no longer be limited into a certain
[BIG SNIP...]

A couple things here Chris:

Why would you want to pay $25/month for your domain name? The Internic fee
amounts to less than $5/month and they are accruing >$10 million a year from
the fees alone.

InterNIC is *not* a US Gov't organization.

InterNIC does not do a background check. They don't even enforce the
current heirarchy.

AND MORE IMPORTANTLY:
Arbitrary, unstructured domain names will significantly impact the already
mediocre performance of the DNS system. In fact, it could pretty much kill
the root-level DNS servers due to loading. *Not* a good idea.

And lastly, your post was packed to the gills with reactionary phrases like
"overthrow the gov't centralized InterNIC" and "residues leftover from...the
military-founded ARPAnet" which are generally misleading, and more to the
point, irrelevant. It sounds like this guy has the "meme" concept down to a
science because you bought into it hook, line, and sinker.

This guy has been pushing the idea for about a year. At $25/month, this guy
would make millions. No wonder he is pushing it so hard.

-James Rogers
jamesr@best.com