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Re: Who are you? What do you want? -- was RE: pgMedia/Name.Space Replies to Paul Vixie (fwd)

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From: Bradley Dunn
Date: Fri, 17 Apr 1998 00:00
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---Rahul Dhesi <dhesi@rahul.net> wrote:

> I see nothing wrong with private parties wanting to sell
administration
> services in the domain namespace.  I see something very wrong with
their
> trying to get exclusive control of top-level names.  No single private
> entity should have exclusive control over common words in any
language.

Ok, so you are arguing that the entire namespace is a "public good"?
If the entire namespace is not public, at some point in the namespace
you are going to have signle private entities controlling common words.

Whee, imagine having to get government approval before adding A records.

Bradley







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Subject: Re: Who are you? What do you want? -- was RE: pgMedia/Name.Space Replies to Paul Vixie (fwd)
Date: 1998/04/17
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