"vinton g. cerf" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>some corrections:
At 11:08 PM 7/5/99 -0400, Gordon Cook wrote:
>Don Heath has been
>ISOC exec director since early 96.
His position is president and CEO.
>Vint, co-author of the TCP/IP protocol,
>>father of the Internet, but senior MCI executive for the past five years.
>>Vint who insupport of ICANN in May opined: "Let us dedicate ourselves to
>>the creation of a global legal framework in which laws work across national
>>boundaries to reinforce the upward spiral of value that Internet is capable
>>of creating."
No one denies the imprtant important contributions to the Internet made by
Vint Cerf. However, it seems more appropriate to speak of founding fathers
of the Internet rather than any one person as the father.
A Wall Street Journal front page article the Friday before Father's
Day spoke of the fact that there needs to be some thought about
who the founding fathers are.
>I was actually making reference to the Papers on electronic commerce that
>were issued by the White House in June 1997 and updated in October 1999.
>There is still an enormous amount of work to be done to fashion a framework
>for electronic commerce which addresses the significance of digital
>signatures, liabilities for electronic contracts, jurisdiction in various
>business disputes, etc.
But this all is secondary isn't it to what makes it possible to
keep the cooperative processes functioning to keep the Internet
an Internet.
Is there some reason that you don't put the communication nature
of the Internet as the primary issue, rather than taking a secondary
aspect, i.e. one possible use of the Internet, and making that
primary.
>ICANN has a tiny role in this very large and very complicated
>electronic trade framework.
Why should the institutionalization of the IANA functions have
anything to do with creating an electronic trade framework?
The institutionalization of the IANA functions require a protection.
These are the functions of the communication medium.
These should not be at the mercy of someone's ideological power
plays over their business interests.
>The governments of the world will need to work together to put
>into place practices and procedures that really
>are conducive to the continued growth of commerce on the Internet. In many
The issue however, that is primary is that governments and computer scientists
work together to support the continued growth of the communication
medium that is the Internet.
This is again very different from subordinating this main essence
of the Internet to one of the many uses of the Internet.
What about the education uses of the Internet. And what about
the uses of the scientific community. And what about the uses
of the librarians. Why are you trying to erase all these from
memory and instead substituting only one activity, i.e.
electronic commerce, and subordinating all to it?
>instances that will mean refraining from regulation where that would be
>an impediment, but it seems to me equally likely that there will be some
>legislation that would enable rather then impede electronic commerce.
But unless there is regulation protecting the IANA functions from
power plays like that we have already seen ISOC and ICANN and
GIP people carrying on, the Internet is being sacrificed to the
narrow purposes of a few behind the scenes players.
>=================================================================
>"INTERNET IS FOR EVERYONE!"
You mean the buying and selling Internet?
The electronic commerce is all agenda has effectively narrowed
down the nature and value of the Internet to all.
And ISOC refused to give press passes to journalists who
challenge this narrow agenda. This is very far from any
Internet for Everyone actuality. But a fine slogan to
cover the fact that "e-commerce" is out to disenfranchise
all users of the Internet.
>Join the Internet Society and help to make it so.
Doesn't the Internet Society have to open up and change its
basic nature? Isn't it clear from the mess that ICANN has
become from its first days that the Internet Society is at
its essence a real problem for the Internet, rather than
anything constructive?
>See you at INET2000, Yokohama, Japan July 18-21, 2000
>http://www.isoc.org/inet2000
If you can afford the high fees for registration?
And if you are a journalist, if you keep quiet and don't
report the truth about the lack of democratic processes
and procedures and about the narrow program of the Internet
Society.
Ronda
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Editor
Amateur Computerist Newsletter
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