Mr. Simon and Everyone,
It is not surprising I am sure to anyone here, that
you would take this position. However you assertion
here is incorrect as is well known and also well
documented as well....
Craig Simon wrote:
> 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
> > >
> > >--
> > >Tel: +41 22 312 5600 Direct line: +41 22 312 5640 http://axone.ch
> > >Fax: +41 22 312 5601 2 cours de Rive CH-1204 Geneva, Switzerland
Respectfully,
--
Brian C. Hollingsworth
Sr. Legal Advisor, International House of Justice Internet
Communications Affairs and Policy
Advisory council for Public Affairs and Internet Policy, European
Union
