At 10:30 AM 9/11/99 -0700, you wrote:
>Ellen Rony <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>> Mr, Farber. There is room here for a different cause/effect analysis. I
>> posit that if ICANN fails, it will be an indicator that the ICANN *model*
>> was not workable, NOT that the Net cannot manage itself. The model that is
>> the source of so much controversy is one that began with several insiders
>> hand-picking a group of supposed DNS newbies who were, in turn, secretive,
>> clueless and easily swayed.
>
>The danger, IMHO, is that if the models continue to fail (IAHC, gTLD-MoU,
>ICANN, etc), the entities who are overseeing the process (governments)
>may tire of it and intervene directly.
If the Internet was all in one country you might have a problem.
But you don't, really.
--
"So foul a sky clears not without a storm" - Shakespeare
