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? >