McT, the nature of the problem is not technical -- it is a dispute over 
rights. The "tech comm" often "sells" ICANN as a technical organization, 
and the fact is that its activities, its business (and the consequences 
of these if you will), go far beyond that.

--c.a.

On 03/11/2013 07:06 PM, McTim wrote:
> On Mon, Mar 11, 2013 at 5:42 PM, Carlos A. Afonso <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>> I did not refer to the specifics of that message, just to the nature of the
>> problem at hand.
>
>
> you'll have to be more specific than "the problem at hand".
>
> The fact is that you top-posted a reply to Bill's quoted link of
> which the substantive part of the quote was "They argue that giving
> Amazon control over such addresses—which
> include ".book," ".author" and ".read"—would be a threat to competition
> and shouldn't be allowed."
>
> How else could one interpret it?  As a general swipe against the
> technical community?  a reflexive (knee-jerk) anti-ICANNism?
>