EU Admits ICANN Is Doing Fine, But Wants Change Anyway
Linked by Thom Holwerda on Sat 20th Jun 2009 15:57 UTC
Internet & Networking The relationship between the United States government and ICANN, the private non-profit corporation which oversees the assignment of domain names, has often been a thorn in the eyes of the European Union. A recent document issued by the European Commission again advocates a change in internet oversight - but at the same time, the document also states that ICANN has actually been doing a pretty good job.
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RE[2]: UN Oversight?
by Soulbender on Mon 22nd Jun 2009 13:52 UTC in reply to "RE: UN Oversight?"
Soulbender
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Having worked abroad on IT projects extensively, the lack of experience in the more nitty-gritty aspects of networking and how the internet functions would most likely cause disastrous committee-based concessions and implementation parameters.


Funny, that's exactly how I feel about the arrogant western asses who come over here and think they know everything when they actually don't. (Note: I am a westerner)
Also, much of Europe and Japan, for example, is a lot more ahead than the US in terms of internet deployment, research and understanding.

Edited 2009-06-22 13:52 UTC

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