Re: [icann-europe] Recommended Reading: Brad Templeton on ICANN andthe DNS

[Marc Schneiders <marc@schneiders.org>]

On Wed, 18 Jul 2001, at 00:58 [=GMT+0100], Jeanette Hofmann wrote:
> On 18 Jul 2001, at 0:50, Marc Schneiders wrote:
> > On Wed, 18 Jul 2001, at 00:42 [=GMT+0100], Jeanette Hofmann wrote:
> > > On 18 Jul 2001, at 0:35, Marc Schneiders wrote:
> > 
> > > > > If on your trucks you put just your personal name name you are not giving a 
> > > > > precise way to reach you. 
> > > > 
> > > > It is not about personal names... But about 'brands'.... I would think
> > > > that a lot of people would find my brand over 'www.kizz.com' on my
> > > > truck. Not, of course, those who never heard of the Internet. As far
> > > > as I can see 'www.kizz.com' is very precise. And very short. And very
> > > > easy to remember. 
> > > > 
> > > > > If you also add your phone number you will have 
> > > > > an absolute reference to you. 
> > > > 
> > > > 'www.kizz.com' does the trick, really. No number needed. I don't want
> > > > phonecalls, I want people to buy my stuff on the Net. 
> > > 
> > > The problem is that this model doesn't scale. The number of short, easy to remember
> > > names is finite. The number of businesses and brands, which want to sell on the Net is
> > > not. 
> > 
> > That problem, however, is not solved at all by the proposed directory
> > thingy. The point was not whether DNS works perfectly, 
> 
> Scalability is not about perfectness. It is about whether or not a system accomodates 
> future growth.

DNS is open to infinite growth as a system. It is the cartel which
controls it that sets the limits. And the 'users' who refuse to use
subdomains, like sex.sauna.com.

> > but whether
> > something else might work better for a specific purpose for which the
> > DNS is used, to wit advertizing. (There are other good things about
> > DNS not accomplished by a directory, naturally.)
> > 
> > As for a solution to the artificially limited number of names:
> > 
> > http://www.open-rsc.org/
> 
> I don't see how multiple roots solve the problem of scarce easy to remember names 
> unless you expect people to recall both a domain name and one of thousands of TLDs. I 
> wouldn't. 

Multiple roots are perhaps not such a good thing. I would love to have
just one, managed in the public interest, in stead of as a cartel. As
for the thousands of TLDs, I do remember that I once saw that problem
too (see www.abunde.net, not that I still believe it all). A limited
number is not a bad idea for commerce. This does not have to limit the
number of TLDs. There are some streets were all shops want to be.
There are other streets were there are no commercial ventures
whatsoever, but where people live happily. Usually the market solves
precisely this problem. It cannot solve all, and I would not like to
leave the TLD selection to the market. It can, however, as far as I am
concerned, select the commercially 'good' TLDs. As long as it does not
make it difficult for me to use one of the LOWer ones.

marc@dot.low

> > jeanette
> > 
> > marc@pan.bijt.net
> > 
> > > 
> > > jeanette
> > 
> > [...]
> > 
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> 


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