Marc Hurst supposedly said:
> Duane Little writes:
> > Gee, this sort of thing looks a lot like the routine abuse of position
> > and authority which is the usual result of a monopoly.
> >
> > The monopoly in this case? --- IANA.
>
> The government of Hati sent Jon Postel a request that the .HT domain
> be reassigned. The wishes of the government were followed. Is it your
> contention that the wishes of the Hatian government should NOT have
> been followed? Can you give us a basis in international law that makes
> you think Jon is in a position to deny the request of a sovereign
> state? Do you think the U.S. State Department would be pleased with
> Jon if he were to decide arbitrarily to assign any ISO-3166 TLD
> against the wishes of the government of that country?
SKYSCAPE had offered IANA/Jon Postel to fund the ".ca" domain at no
cost and no prejudice based on the premise and understanding that the
Canadian government had stopped funding the project. SKYSCAPE was willing
to fund the existing infrastructure as is (our cost).
So? As soon as the Canadian Government directs the IANA to delegate ".ca"
to Skyscape I am sure the IANA will change the delegation. Your statement
has no relevance to this discussion.
---> Phil
Marc Hurst supposedly said:
>
>
>
> > Duane Little writes:
> > > Gee, this sort of thing looks a lot like the routine abuse of position
> > > and authority which is the usual result of a monopoly.
> > >
> > > The monopoly in this case? --- IANA.
> >
> > The government of Hati sent Jon Postel a request that the .HT domain
> > be reassigned. The wishes of the government were followed. Is it your
> > contention that the wishes of the Hatian government should NOT have
> > been followed? Can you give us a basis in international law that makes
> > you think Jon is in a position to deny the request of a sovereign
> > state? Do you think the U.S. State Department would be pleased with
> > Jon if he were to decide arbitrarily to assign any ISO-3166 TLD
> > against the wishes of the government of that country?
>
> SKYSCAPE had offered IANA/Jon Postel to fund the ".ca" domain at no
> cost and no prejudice based on the premise and understanding that the
> Canadian government had stopped funding the project. SKYSCAPE was willing
> to fund the existing infrastructure as is (our cost).
>
>
>
So? As soon as the Canadian Government directs the IANA to delegate ".ca"
to Skyscape I am sure the IANA will change the delegation. Your statement
has no relevance to this discussion.
The Canadian government had zero input in the selection of the University
of British Columbia having this authority. Jon Postel told us when we
asked that as long as John Demco is in that office he will have the registry.
Might I add that there are other ca-domain board members who
indiscriminately charge for registering in "free" domain space...
The converstion is about sovereignty you fool...
Marc Hurst <mhurst@fastlane.ca> writes:
The Canadian government had zero input in the selection of the University
of British Columbia having this authority.
This will come as a large surprise to a few people who are
or used to be at the DND and the NRC, I guess.
Jon Postel told us when we asked that as long as John
Demco is in that office he will have the registry.
Good. John Demco and I had some arguments in the past and
we don't see entirely eye-to-eye on some issues, but he's
basically sound, and I can't think of anyone in Canada
better suited to the task of having overall responsibility
for CA-DOM.
Sean.