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| nettime: Postel Disputes (Feb.8.97) |
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- In reference to: http://www.economist.com/issue/08-02-97/st4139.html To the Editor: In the article "Postel Disputes" (Feb.8.97) Azeem Azhar describes registering domain names as travel agencies reserve airline seats. This is descriptive of the system which Name.Space is developing and which was decsribed to Mr. Azhar in his email interview with me. I am astonished that Mr. Azhar would knowingly publish such misleading information about Name.Space as to allege that the Name.Space system will cause naming conflicts on the internet. This is not the case. Name.Space is developing an enhancement to the current domain name software enabling a dynamcally updated, shared database in which independent, competing registries can share all toplevel domains without conflict. The issue of universal resolvability of the new toplevel domains will be resolved in the coming months through antitrust actions in the US courts. Any proposal put forth by IAHC is just that-- a proposal. Without an international treaty, there can be no regulation of domain name service or any other international market on the internet. Such an arrogance exhibited by IAHC and its participants will not prevail--it would be as outrageous as if GATT or NAFTA emerged from corporate boardrooms without the tediously negotiated internatonal treaties that were necessary to give these still conrtoversial treaties the life they currently have. Name.Space is a privately held company developing services on the internet. it is odd that the Economist would demonize the entrepeneurial practice of an upstart company bringing innovation to the virtual marketplace. And to condone Monopoly is even more surprising. As in any command economy, the monopoly stifles innovation by limiting possibilities--its sedentary inertia prevents it from moving quickly to develop new possibilities in the way that agile small companies do. Name.Space is one of these agile small companies with a desirable service to offer an eager marketplace--as demonstrated by the response of users who have tried the name.space service and have registered their names--all are looking forward to the universal resolvability of their new names. The day will come very soon. Sincerely, Paul Garrin, founder, name.space.inc. (FOR PUBLICATION) New York-Amsterdam-Helsinki-Berlin-Ljubljana-Rotterdam http://namespace.pgpmedia.com [email protected] (--END FOR PUBLICATION) Paul Garrin (NOT FOR PUBLICATION) 11 East 4th Street New York, N.Y. 10003 (212) 979 0642 (NOT FOR PUBLICATION) -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: 2.6ui iQCVAgUBMwamHIMK4FNDfV7dAQHoewP/cEwVxcpHKYPN/Yx3zFN4aC1ZNCbb507F IJkc7VVDuxbYUMKdFKeTASkBGGDa30ew/abpAG385dV2czJr9wvYeH7TZkl/QC+Z ajobrLB4/OiBjhxXx93D6iBbxQFx5CoS/iOmMcpyLpvzfwj0qCLrcm+6K3j83kDw Lqr67KSr0ss= =QP2S -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- * distributed via nettime-l : no commercial use without permission * <nettime> is a closed moderated mailinglist for net criticism, * collaborative text filtering and cultural politics of the nets * more info: [email protected] and "info nettime" in the msg body * URL: http://www.desk.nl/~nettime/ contact: [email protected]