[ NNSquad ] "Eight False Promises of the Internet"

[Lauren Weinstein <lauren@vortex.com>]

"Eight False Promises of the Internet"

http://j.mp/ph60ya  (FuturistSpeaker)

    "In 1990 Network Solutions was put in charge of managing the root
     servers and in 1995 they began charging for domain names starting at
     $50 per year. The money and control quickly gave Network Solutions
     execs the reputation of being bullies and their less-than-tactful
     style of management tended to grate on the early pioneers of the
     Internet, including people like Jon Postel and Vint Cerf.  In the
     early 1990s a new international organization called the Internet
     Society was formed in Geneva to handle issues related to Internet
     policy with ambitions of eventually assuming root authority - name and
     numbering control. Both Postel and Cerf were members of the Internet
     Society.  After numerous meetings with U.S. government officials and
     deteriorating relationships with Network Solutions, an incident
     happened that would forever define control over the Internet."

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--Lauren--
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