[FYI] Should Geeks, Or Governments, Run the Net?

["Axel H Horns" <horns@ipjur.com>]

http://www.washtech.com/news/regulation/15656-1.html

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Should Geeks, Or Governments, Run the Net?  


By Jonathan Krim,  

Washington Post Staff Writer  

Thursday, March 14, 2002  

Once again, the people who decide how the Internet is supposed to 
function are not getting along. The Net is alight with e-flames, and 
people from all over the world are in Accra, Ghana, this week, 
arguing with the passion of parents at a Little League game.  

Sometimes, what these relatively anonymous Internet gurus worry about 
is impossibly geeky. Things like root servers, protocol parameters 
and port numbers are critical to making sure we see the right Web 
pages and get the right e-mail, and we're grateful for these people — 
as long as they don't go into too much detail at parties.  

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