Re: o/t: Re: Root zone change -- d.gtld-servers.net

["Steven M. Bellovin" <smb () research att com>]

In message <39C9F363.2CCD6243 () netmore net>, Roland Dobbins writes:
> The point I was trying to make - and which I'm sure that you understood,
> but simply chose to ignore - is that it's not a Bad Thing to be somewhat
> U.S.-centric when discussing technical issues on the North American
> Network Operator's Group list.
>
> *Technical issues*.  I could care less about your juvenile political
> beliefs, nor, I suspect, do the vast majority of subscribers to this
> list.  It's sad that you've so much trouble distinguishing between the
> two.
>
> Your personal animus and general obnoxiousness are surprising, given
> your c.v. and and the position of responsibility you hold within Verio. 
> It will be interesting to learn how their P.R. department respond to
> questions concerning your penchant for injecting political commentary
> into an unmistakably -technical- forum, all the while in your official
> guise as an officer of said company.

Since Verio is being purchased by NTT, I suspect that upper management 
really cares about international issues, and welcomes senior folks who 
understand that the net is not just North American...


                --Steve Bellovin