Bruce Campbell wrote:
It comes down to - alternative roots break the accepted consistency of the existing hierarchial DNS structure.
Quite right. The hierarchy, together with the authoritarianism and monopolistic practices it permits, must be preserved at all costs.
Unfortunately, there are many crackpots (yes, we get a few who perceive that APNIC has a slightly different role than it does) who take a lot of explaining in order to get the above simple idea through their heads
You're absolutely right. Everyone who doesn't agree that you and the others at the RIRs should control who gets IP addresses and can be an ISP, and thus dictate to them what nameservers they use, is a crackpot. These idiots just can't get it through their thick heads that you should have dictatorial powers over their channels of communication. M.S.