Some quotes: from the article that leaves me sick to my stomach....such a
dishonest self serving piece of crap i have never heard.
And later, when the world rushed in and traffic jams threatened to
make the Net unusable for the very
institutions that had founded it, he'd stepped in again
to find a solution. Now, out of duty, he's
coming back one more time -- to set up an
organization that will give the Net community
control over how the network's central
functions will evolve.
HERE IS THE MOST OUTRAGEOUS CLAIM OF THE ENTIRE ARTICLE:
If there's one thing that's central to
Roberts' mission, it's to safeguard the Net's old-time
community values -- collaborative work and
shared resources -- in the face of today's
more selfish commercial interests. ``I take
that very seriously. There's quite a number of
us that really feel an attachment to the
culture that's grown up on the Internet. And there
are a lot of forces trying to tear that
down,'' he says. ``We (ICANN) really should strive
to be the gatekeepers of the commons. There
is still a commons out there and we have to
make a commitment to maintain it for everyone.''
ROBERTS AS SELF APPOINTED SAVIOR IS OUT TO DESTROY WHAT HE CLAIMS HE IS
TRYING TO SAVE.
for a sharply different set of facts and opinion that I presented at
canarie last month see
http://www.canarie.ca/eng/networks/optical/pg15/cook-pg15.pdf
If there's one thing that's central to
Roberts' mission, it's to safeguard the Net's old-time
community values -- collaborative work and
shared resources -- in the face of today's
more selfish commercial interests. ``I take
that very seriously. There's quite a number of
us that really feel an attachment to the
culture that's grown up on the Internet. And there
are a lot of forces trying to tear that
down,'' he says. ``We (ICANN) really should strive
to be the gatekeepers of the commons. There
is still a commons out there and we have to
make a commitment to maintain it for everyone.''
On Oct. 25, the people Postel had hand-selected to represent a broad range
of interests
on the board of the new organization met at
the Holiday Inn at New York's Kennedy
International Airport. Software newsletter
publisher Esther Dyson was elected to chair
the initial board. Roberts was tapped to be
the organization's first president and CEO.
By late afternoon, the first regulatory
organization grown entirely from the sovereign
domain of cyberspace had been impaneled.
If there's one factor that's marred the smooth transition from federal
control to ICANN,
it's the steady stream of criticism the
fledgling organization has faced. Last fall, even
before ICANN was operational, a group of
critics that Roberts characterizes as very
small and very vocal complained to the
government that ICANN had been formed
without public input.
`One of the things that was very frustrating in the fall was that there were a
few people who confused having their way with
being heard,'' says Roberts. ``I want to
make sure everybody gets heard, but there
comes a point where you have to say `OK,
we've heard everybody, and now we're going to
go on.' ''
>The SJ Mercury finally mentioned the Internet governance debate ...
>indirectly ...
>
>Today's paper has a 3 (partial) page article on Mike roberts:
>
> http://www.mercurycenter.com/business/top/074269.htm
>
> --karl--
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