RE: Statements against new.net?

[Patrick Greenwell <patrick () cybernothing org>]

On Wed, 14 Mar 2001, Mathew Butler wrote:

> Adrian: The key word is "cooperating".  New.net (and its brethren that are
> being born in technology incubators as we speak) are not "cooperating",
> they're intentionally "culture-jamming" for their own gain.

Perhaps you might like to define "cooperating" for us? Has ICANN
cooperated with the individuals and organizations that currently run
alternate TLDs which predate the existence of ICANN? Or is it
rather simply that "might makes right" and they only need to cooperate
with "people that matter?"