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>On Sunday, June 27, 1999, Gordon Cook [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] quoted
>Lou Gerstner as saying,
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>>So agreements on these issues are going to
>>require a new level of international cooperation
>>and global policy formation.
>>...
>> http://www.ibm.com/thinkmag/lou/restraint/text.html
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>... and labelled this as "Lou Gerstner on what IBM wants from ICANN."
>
>Uh, no.
>
>Gerstner was explicitly addressing **the governments of the 29 nations that
>participate in the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development
>(OECD).**
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>Gerstner's not silly enough to think that ICANN does or ever will set
>transnational policy regarding Internet taxation, security and encryption,
>privacy, or universal access.
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>And we're not silly enough to think that either, are we? Get real.
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>Pete
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