On Sat, 3 Aug 2002, Dave Crocker wrote: > At 01:55 PM 8/2/2002 -0700, Bill Manning wrote: > >% who knew jon postel and may have provided assistance when postel > >% highjacked the root from root server A to F. maybe highjacked is too > >% strong a term .. i think the appologists claimed it was an experiment. > > > > It did not go to "F" > > I rather like the idea that Jon managed that service for about 10 years, > from its inception, and then is declared to have hijacked, it in the course > of his continuing to do that management. well he did redirect the root - said it was a big experiment. so if he didn't redirect it to F - where did it go? > And folks wonder why anyone would be skeptical about running ICANN in a > fishbowl. in the beggining operating ICANN in a fishbowl would of worked - but now it's too late for that. failure is by now guranteed. regards joe baptista