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Username:	smckoen
Date/Time:	Wed, June 14, 2000 at 10:47 PM GMT
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Score:	5
Subject:	and another thing  ;-)
Message:
I don't think this is that radical an idea.  gTLDs were ill conceived from the start and no one involved at that time had much of the world beyond the US borders in mind.  Which isn't to blame them, who could have foreseen the mess that has resulted.  But just because a whole bunch of special interests (i.e. all the people who have invested scads of $ in gTLDs) would like to massage the status quo doesn't mean that is the best idea.  If ICANN was truly independent it would create a system that works for everyone, not just the people who got there first in the internet land grab.

Message Thread:

• No one is going to be happy ... so get rid of gTLDs entirely — smckoen, June 14 @ 10:18 PM (6/8)
• The real solution is to get rid of TCP/IP and use UUCP — rs79, June 17 @ 11:56 PM (0/0)
• The URL-notation is the problem — Jabba, June 15 @ 5:43 PM (0/0)
• Duct tape on a broken naming system — bylander, June 15 @ 3:18 PM (0/0)
• How quickly we forget .. the US made the internet., show some respect. — Largo, June 15 @ 3:08 PM (1/1)
• How does nostalgia help? — smckoen, June 15 @ 5:12 PM (0/0)
• Not a viable solution — edward, June 14 @ 10:49 PM (1/1)
• Re: Not a viable solution — cutterjohn, June 15 @ 3:37 AM (0/0)
• and another thing  ;-) — smckoen, June 14 @ 10:47 PM (0/0)

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