On 2002-03-13T20:54:14, Jim Dixon <jdd@dixons.org> said:
ICANN might loose its orientation to the reality and this is very dangerous. There is little evidence suggesting that ICANN has ever had much connection to the real world. What's important for RIPE at this time is to apply steady pressure on ICANN, to remind ICANN that the real world exists. If people remain very calm and very skeptical, it is just possible that at some time in the future ICANN might become useful.
What I personally deem to be _the_ most challenging task for RIPE and the other RIRs is to ensure that whatever legal issues with regard to trademarks and whatever ICANN comes up with does NOT impact technical operation of the network. Frankly, I don't care much about the rest as long as I can safely ignore it. Sincerely, Lars Marowsky-Br�e <lmb@suse.de> -- Perfection is our goal, excellence will be tolerated. -- J. Yahl