More history ... At 12:52 PM 9/26/97 , Jay Fenello wrote: >FYI, > >Has Don come to his senses? > >==================== > >The Wall Street Journal 09/19/97 00:00 > Technology and Telecommunications -- > Net Interest: A Plan To Change the Name Game > By Jennifer L. Schenker > (Copyright (c) 1997, Dow Jones & Company, Inc.) > ><snip> > >And last week in Geneva, where an [Internet] trade show was >held, one of the plan's original backers caused a stir by declaring it >flawed; he claimed the proposed system had legal problems and hadn't had >enough consultation. Then he declined -- at least until the faults are >fixed -- to sign a legal document that would have set the system in >motion. > >"I am not going to go down in history as the one that screwed up" the >way the [Internet] works by signing a flawed [domain-name] agreement, >huffed the defector, Donald Heath, head of the [Internet] Society, an >international organization that coordinates [Internet] policy and >technology. He flew back to the U.S. vowing to get Washington to get >off the sidelines and take a stance on the issue. > >Mr. Heath's declaration passes for high drama in the geeky [Internet] >world -- and his change of heart adds to a litany of problems for the >reform plan that may delay its implementation beyond the planned >February start date. Among the many complaints, from many [Internet] >service companies and Net experts: The new system could worsen the >current international trademark disputes that arise when more than >one company in more than one country lays claim to the same Net >address. +++ Jay Fenello, New Media Strategies ------------------------------------ http://www.fenello.com 678-585-9765 Aligning with Purpose(sm) ... for a Better World ---------------------------------------------------- "Wake up, Neo... The Matrix has you..." -- Trinity
