Monopolization in the Internet

[Vasilenko Eduard <vasilenko.eduard@xxxxxxxxxx>]

>Listening to Geoff Huston's well thought out predictions on the future of the Internet, https://youtu.be/cx2G5QxS9Eo

From 1:01:00.

 

IMHO: only “stationary bandit” (I mean “Government” by definition from here https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mancur_Olson)

Could save the Internet from monopolization. Only a brute force approach would work here, like https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Standard_Oil.

 

Geoff, good news, It is never late for a government to fix this problem. They just need to spot it.

Of course, they would fix it in a way that not many would likeL

 

Eduard

From: ietf [mailto:ietf-bounces@xxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Stewart Bryant
Sent: Sunday, November 14, 2021 1:48 PM
To: Lloyd W <lloyd.wood=40yahoo.co.uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: ietf@xxxxxxxx; Salz, Rich <rsalz=40akamai.com@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>; iesg@xxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: The leadership pipeline and WG chairs

 

 

On 14 Nov 2021, at 00:22, Lloyd W <lloyd.wood=40yahoo.co.uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

 

On 14 Nov 2021, at 01:07, Salz, Rich <rsalz=40akamai.com@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

I also want the Area Directors to look through their working groups and consider asking some experienced people to step down so that their position can be filled by someone new to the role.

The IETF has an ageing, dwindling, population.

Where will these new people come from?

Asking experienced people to step down when the replacement pipeline is in fact empty does not seem wise -- at least, in the short term.

L.

 

 

Listening to Geoff Huston's well thought out predictions on the future of the Internet, 

 

https://youtu.be/cx2G5QxS9Eo

 

I wonder how much this matters?

 

We seem to be heading to a world of multiple private communication systems with little if any of the Internet that supported permissionless innovation across the globe surviving.

 

So in my view, the only leadership worth discussing is leadership with the vision and skills to turn this situation around.

 

I would be very interested to know if this is even on the IESG radar, and if so what their thoughts are?

 

- Stewart