Re: Remove The Net From The Grip Of The US Gov't! (Name.Space)
Chris Hind (chind@juno.com)
Mon, 09 Dec 1996 21:37:24 -0800
>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.
Rather than answering all your questions manually, why not checkout
Hotwired's Packet interview with the founder of name.space it's at
"http://www.packet.com/hotseat/today.html"