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IP: : DYSON SAY ICANN HAS BECOME 'A REAL CESSPOOL'
From: David Farber <dfarber () earthlink net>
Date: Tue, 11 Jun 2002 15:24:44 -0400
-----Original Message----- From: "the terminal of Geoff Goodfellow" <geoff () iconia com> Date: Tue, 11 Jun 2002 17:13:13 To: "Dave E-mail Pamphleteer Farber" <farber () cis upenn edu> Subject: DYSON SAY ICANN HAS BECOME 'A REAL CESSPOOL' DYSON SAY ICANN HAS BECOME 'A REAL CESSPOOL' Esther Dyson, tech celeb and former chair of ICANN (the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers), told an audience at the Wharton business school that "ICANN has become a real cesspool," because of its tangled disputes about authority, accountability, and openness. The independent agency is in charge of managing policy for the Internet's name and address systems. "When I was a young student, I thought grow-ups would come and make things work. Now I realize that grown-ups are just kids with wrinkles. I only see juvenile behavior at ICANN." (Public Policy & Management Emory, Jun 2002) http://knowledge.emory.edu/articles.cfm?catid=9&articleid=517&homepage=yes =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- geoff.goodfellow () iconia com, Prague CZ * tel/mobil +420 (0)603 706 558 "success is getting what you want & happiness is wanting what you get" http://www.nytimes.com/library/tech/99/01/biztech/articles/17drop.html For archives see: http://www.interesting-people.org/archives/interesting-people/
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