Craig,
For ICANN to work, it needs to acquire the
kind of legitimacy which ANSI and
ISO enjoy. That is, recognition by all (okay, almost all) parties
involved,
based on widespread confidence that it can impartially carry out its work
in
the public interest.
There is more than one kind of
At 09:29 AM 5/25/99 -0400, A.M. Rutkowski wrote:
It's worth noting, however, that as to your own preference of
organizational constructs, the bodies you reference have
stridently opposed the Internet's development over many years -
Well, is certainly would be constructive to pursue this line of
Someone should let the new ICANN-IANA know that
their statement:
"...a table known as ISO-3166-1, which is
maintained by an agency of the United Nations."
is not accurate. The Organization for International
Standardization (ISO) is a private standards organization.
It does make a
Tony,
Is there some limitation to your communication capabilities that prevents
YOU from contacting those folks?
Or, perhaps, were you more interesting in making a public stink than in
getting this minor documentation detail corrected?
It does make a difference.
d/
At 01:03 PM 5/24/99
