On 8/2/02, Gordon Cook wrote: >also > >http://personal.law.miami.edu/~froomkin/articles/ formandsubstance.pdf > >Grab this PDF and read it and you will see what it is like >to have to deal with Joe Sims. As professor Froomkin said >here earlier today he tried to warn Vint at INET last >month but Vint was not ready to listen and by the looks of >it still isn't ready to listen. > As a U.S. Citizen I found this to be an interesting and persuasive document. However, isn't this a political discussion? The technical issues are whether you can have a single name space without a single algorithm/authority for resolving conflicts, and the mechanism(s) for distributing that information. Debating the first point quickly resembles discussions of square circles and perpetual motion machines. Everytime it is pointed out that the lack of a single algorithm/authority would mean that there was no longer a single name space the topic shifts and has a tendency to focus on the *identity* of those currently in charge of that namespace. All of which is irrelevant. I would suggest that those who believe ICANN is a problem should spend their time writing their congressisonal representatives. It is not a technical issue.