I agree. In fact the current DNS system was developed at a time when things were simpler than they are now. I'm wondering if a superior system could be developed that actually works better and would attract adoption. I'm of the mindset that impossible=challenge and just because some have tried and failed doesn't mean to stop trying. On 12/1/2010 9:33 AM, Nuno Garcia wrote: > I was particularly fond of the expressions "loose nuts" and "another > troll". > > Of course I don't take it personally Jorge, but you should know to > choose your words better. > > The "it has been attempted before", or the "it's never going to work" > attitude is poison to innovation, creativite and moreover, it is > poison to participation. > > So please, I ask you to refrain from such attitutes. Their bad for our > collective health. > > Please note that I', not questioning how valid your arguments may be > (I'm pretty sure you feel you ought to say something out of your vaste > experience). > > Poor choice of words, poor attitude, maybe you're having a bad day? No > sweat, it happens to all of us. > > Kind regards, > > Nuno Garcia > > > On 1 December 2010 17:05, Jorge Amodio <[log in to unmask] > <mailto:[log in to unmask]>> wrote: > > Besides few loose nuts out there that have been trying to do the same > thing for two decades, there is no real incentive (meaning money) for > a $7B+ industry to change its ecosystem and pay attention to another > troll. > > The technology to have/use an alternate dns root exists and is > available to anybody, you just need to convince couple of hundred > million users and service providers to point to your own servers, and > then we can make a movie about the fights that will surface when > people try to determine who runs the servers and how and who/how you > pay to keep it running. > > Again, what we need is something better and more elaborated that an > alternate root, a new scheme that enables applications to locate > resources using a protocol and name space that is not tied to the > current DNS. > > My .02 > Jorge > >