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

[Olivier Guillard / AFNIC <Olivier.Guillard@nic.fr>]

le 15 Oct, Jefsey Morfin a écrit :

> I suppose that what he means is independent from one governement and being
> protected by in international body made of all he Governments. The best legal
> comparison of the internet is sea. If you are a French skipper you are a 
> subject
> of international laws when at sea and on board of your boat, while remaining
> subject of/and protected by the country of your flag. You would hate being in
> at sea or in a Spanish harbour to be submited to the control of an USN ship.

I agree, this Spanish harbour has been built centuries ago and rules of
berthing your ship there has been adopted by a community because of a context,
linked to the history of this area and values defended by poeple living
there for many generations. It's not because we are probably more intelligent,
richer better armed and well informed that we shouldn't respect these rules.
For me another method would be discussing, try to convince and also being
enough open to accept that we also might need to be convinced because there
are aspects that we might have missed...


> On another side in France I cannot have the DNs I want due to AFNIC's rules.
> I must call on thet technical asylum of the USA.
???
I don't catch that one.
???

> Also my international
> e-commerce costs me twice the cost of an US based e-commerce due to the
> VAT obligations. So what he means too is probably that a true international
> rule would free us of the administrative limitations by the European Govs.
> and NICs.

I met an american  citizen that told me about a trip he had made in France
and his testimony about the operation for appendicitis he had to performed.
Nobody asked him for a credit card, and he was surprised by the quality of
services. This person could have been indian, turkish or amazonian, he would
have had the same services. I know that, as a french, I pay my hospitality
quite expansively. But that's nice to be in such an harbourg when the ship
is sinking doesn't it?


> >In France, if we want to buy computers in schools for our childrens, we have
> >to pay x$ for each plateform to microsoft even if we don't want to use windows
> >because they are preinstalled. How do you call that if not a TAX? I've never
> >voted for Bill Gates, did I?
> 
> I will say what I name it. If you do not want to pay for Windows you do not
> buy a "Windows+PC" package. You buy a PC. If you do not know where to
> buy one, I will sell one to you. I have 11 PCs (some old). I only paid three
> Windows (for different versions), the others being under Unix, DDos, QNX
> or Linux.

Sorry Jefsey, but if you are informed on this topic, I find your answer
relativly hypocrit...



> >I agree, Governments might not be perfect, but are you sure that the
> >independance you are talking about would not be more dangerous than a
> >balanced representation?
> 
> Agreed. This is the problem.
> Jefsey

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Olivier