[PLUG] Beyond .COM - The Alternate Roots

[Ed Sawicki]

On Mon, 2003-02-10 at 18:08, Randal L. Schwartz wrote:
> >>>>> "Ed" == Ed Sawicki <ed at alcpress.com> writes:
> 
> Ed>  This presentation will bring you up to speed on the
> Ed>  issues, and DEMONSTRATES LIVE that we can easily use
> Ed>  the "standard roots" and the "alternate roots'
> Ed>  together to access any of the TLDs - without affecting
> Ed>  the health of the Internet.  
> 
> But I hope the presentation makes it clear that it's not just *you*
> who has to set your machine to use the altroots, but also EVERY SINGLE
> MACHINE IN THE WORLD that might want to access your email or website.

This statement is simply not true. You'll have to attend
the presentation to find out why.

> Ain't gonna happen.

There's already over 1.7 million second level domains registered
in the inclusive (alternate) name space and roughly 20 percent of
the people on the Internet, worldwide, have access to them. This
is not my statistic, so it could be inaccurate.

> Much better to work with the IANA,

I think you mean ICANN and the IETF and their working groups.
IANA? You're out of date by a few years.

>  as corrupt as the system is.  New
> domain TLDs *are* being created.  Be patient.

They are being created only when ICANN can find people who
are willing to buy them for a few million dollars. Corrupt
is an understatement.

> Don't sign any checks at the meeting.  Don't visit any web pages
> asking for money to register your pet domain name in the "new"
> altroots.
> 
> Snake oil.  Pure snake oil.

Sure, just like any of the Perl alternatives are snake oil.
Just like Linux is snake oil. 

-- 
Ed Sawicki <ed at alcpress.com>
ALC