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:
[log in to unmask]" type="cite">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]> 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