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LoriDD |
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Mon, August 12, 2002 at 6:34 PM GMT |
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Microsoft Internet Explorer V5.5 using Windows 98 |
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5 |
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Whoever controls our domain name service controls our destiny. |
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The IMS/ISC bid is a joint proposal of two technically
savvy nonprofits, the Internet Multicasting Service and Internet Software Consortium.
The joint bid of the Internet Multicasting Service and the Internet Software Consortium
has an entirely different model of accountability. This bid is the brainchild of
Carl Malamud, the man who helped force the U.S. government to make the publicly owned
Securities and Exchange Commission data truly accessible to the public. This partnership
already operates the domain name service for the 22 top level domains and produces
BIND, the actual open source software that runs most domain name servers. Their accountability
will come from traditional Internet approaches to transparency. For example, all
their software will be freely available with no restrictions in source and binary
form. It's a high form of accountability that also has the potential to drive down
costs.
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The Power of Names: Why the .org Registry Matters - by Michael C. Gilbert |