Re: AW: [ICANN-EU] root-server-problem

[Gerhard Wendebourg <gwhh@gmx.de>]

At 18:23 14.10.00 -0700, Jeff Williams wrote:
>Jefsey and all,
>
>Jefsey Morfin wrote:
>
>> Dear Christian,
>> At 22:04 14/10/00, you wrote:
>> >Spiegel has the right opinion:
>> >Even when there can be only one root server: Why we, the @Large-members,
>> >have never discussed about our wish for independency of any government
>> >control?
>>
>> I suppose that it is because it is pretty obvious to everyone that no
>> government
>> has any control but the USG one. And quite all the discussions are how
to get
>> rid  of them in a concrete maner.
>
>  Although this may be goal of some, it is not likely to happen anytime
>soon.  

Of course this will not happen, unless it will be explicitely declared by
the non-US spokesmen, that they don't accept this status.
If they not do so, the USG will  also the next 50 years hold their hand on
the root-server.
Its easy for each one, who observed the acting of the USG in the last 10,
20 or 50 years, to see, that if they have some key-position under control
(with no expensive costs), they will not release it, unless their is a very
strong pressure to do so. 

So I think, the only way to have not an US-dominated Internet is to have
alternate root-server, that are independent administrated. Maybe its
enough, to keep this as a serious and realistic-practicable option (maybe
here are one or two things to do,to solve technical problems, but also
name-space.com shows, that its not really unrealistic), and also (and more
important) to get the political support, to do so: if this option is
concrete enough and about to get real, than (maybe) the USG will be
convinced to release the root-server to an real international, democratic
control.