Ken,
I think "disrupt" is a far too strong choice of words.
disrupt: transitive verb from REAVE implying break or burst
1: a to break apart, rupture; b to throw into disorder
2: to interrupt the normal course or unity of
My reading of events was that Postel's directive *reoriented* part of
the system, yes (and out of displeasure with the Green Paper, maybe, but
that's just one conjecture among many), but he did so without breaking
the Internet.
Is it possible to demonstrate that anyone's "traffic" was interrupted by
the reorientation?
I'd also like you to comment, if you would Ken, on your new attitude
toward Esther Dyson. I recall you were once a huge fan of hers, and in
early '98 or so you tried to get her to serve as an arbiter of the DNS
controversy. What ever happened with that?
There's more at
http://www.flywheel.com/ircw/dnsdraft.html (search for the word "hello")
and
http://www.flywheel.com/ircw/overview.html
Craig Simon
Ken Freed wrote:
>
> Werner --
>
> What sort of comment would you like?
> He was in a position to impact things,
> He could. He did. What else can I say?
>
> For the historic record on it,
> check out Tony Rutkowki's
> website or Ellen Rony's site.
> Links are posted at --
> http://www.media-visions.com/icann-informed.htm
>
> Thanks for your interes.
> -- ken
>
> >Ken,
> >
> >Could you comment on the following excerpt from
> >http://www.media-visions.com/icann-gtld.htm
> >
> > "Jon Postel showed his displeasure with the situation by
> > redirecting the root servers, temporarily disrupting world
> > Internet traffic."
> >
> >
> >Regards,
> >
> >Werner
> >
> >--
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