Re: [ICANN-EU] more questions: Future of the DNS?

[Marc Schneiders <marc@venster.nl>]

Dear Andreas,

On Mon, 14 Aug 2000, Andreas Fügner wrote:

> Dear Marc:
> 
> Just to add another point of view, which I am kindly asking for your
> opinions.

I will kindly give mine, just this once.

> >Random numbers are nonsense, sorry. You cannot remember them at all. It
> >would be much better to use third level domains under memorable second
> >level domains.
> 
> What is wrong with telephone numbers?
> The whole world works with them and you do get along there too, don't you?
> :-)

Yes, and I cannot remember more than a few. I can remember hundreds of
domain names of sites I visit, people I send email to. AFAIK it works this
way for most people. 

> Actually the telephone system was started with names and later switched to
> numbers
> when the name system got to complicated to handle.

I am 39, too young to remember that :-)

> Perhaps we should get rid of domain names and move back to numbers ?

Please, no. Please?

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