Re: What is this IANA anyway ?

["Rahmat M. Samik-Ibrahim" <rms46@geocities.com>]

Hello:

> Rahmat,

First of all, thank you for calling me "Rahmat" instead of
of Mr. Rahmat of Sir :-)

> What is it that you are asking?
> IANA
  ^^^^

That is exactly what I am asking: ** WHAT IS IANA ??? **
Perhaps, this following is a clue:

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   Majority Rule (Piet Hein from Weick, 1979)

His party was the Brotherhood of Brothers, and | = ISOC
there were more of them than of the others.    | ISOC >> rebellions
That is, the constituted that minority
which formed the greater part of the majority

Within the party, he was of the faction
that was supported by the greater fraction.    | = IAB (RFC1601)

And in each group, within each group, he sought
the group that could command the most support. | = IANA

The final group had finally elected
a triumvirate whom they all respected.         |

Now of these three, two had the final word,    | Jon and Joyce
because the two could overrule the third.

One of these two was relatively weak,
so one alone stood at the final peak.          | Jon Postel

He was THE GREATER NUMBER of the pair
which formed the most part of the three that were
elected by the most of those whose boast
it was to represent the most of most
of most of most of the entire state --
or of the most of it at any rate.              | this is a fact!

He never gave himself a moment's slumber
but sought the welfare of the greatest number.

And all the people, everywhere they went
knew to their cost exactly what it meant
to be dictated to by the majority.
But that meant nothing 
-- they were the minority.                     | See ?

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Yet another clue, still from Karl Weick's (1979), "The Social
Psychology of Organizing", p. 174:

"The important point about two horns in a dilemma is that those
 horns are distinct, cannot be merged or compromised, and whenever
 one horn is resolved, the other one remains to haunt the 
 organization. There are close resemblances between dilemmas and 
 puns. The multiple meanings in a dilemma simply don't go away;
 nor do the multiple meanings ...."

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Therefore, there could only be a provisional of a provisional IANA 
at 30 September 1998. It should ASAP evolve to be a provisional 
IANA in a 2 - 6 months time. Then, an "all new IANA" should emerge, 
that consistently evolves and changes. Can you make IANA as 
affordable as possible? That will be better for poor countries.


regards,

-- 
Rahmat M.Samik-Ibrahim VLSM-TJT http://www.geocities.com/Tokyo/6825
- POST'EL POWER SYNDROME: after too long in charge symptom (m/tic)-