On Thu, 16 Jun 1994 13:58:45 +0200 (MET DST) you said:
I volunteered to summerize the current status of which registries are gov't funded, or university funded, etc. Here are the only 6 countries that answered:
DE c IL b CZ c DK d - Eunet Denmark ES a BE a
a) government funded registry b) university funded registry c) country Internet consortium funded registry d) other
Based on such a small sample I don't think we can conclude anything. Anyone else care to respond to the survey?
Hank, we didn't respond to your survey because I think your rather simple categories have a tendency to imply wrong and misleading things, and I simply do not have the time to start a big discussion on why the categories are wrong.
But you should have.
But just as an example, take the answers from ES and BE: are the activities of the ES and BE registries really a line item in a budget of a federal office of their countries? Isn't it far more the case that these registries are run by national academic networks that are subsidised by their resp. governments, which is -NOT- the same as a direct government activity or direct government funding.
I guess ES and BE should answer.
Simon
Hank