Hi Edgar, On Tue, 3 Feb 1998, Edgar Danielyan wrote:
God there is no USSR anymore. And CIS is an illusion. So if some people in some countries would like to establish RIR in Moscow: Let it be so. AM NIC is not interested.
Great, we second your point. But consider the following possible scenario: You ask RIPE for service and all of a sudden they politely direct you to Moscow -- "*that* RIR is yours since mid-1998". "Wow!" -- you say -- "but I didn't ask them to care of me! and I didn't even agree to delegate them any right to do so! I want a freedom of choice between two services at least!" "Keep calm man!" -- you get back -- "that's how European democracy works. If you were silent during all that discussion before the decision, and the only ones who were shouting actively were the Moscow guys -- we decided that you just neither care, nor have any negative objections; so this is equal as if you voted `YES', so man, to Moscow is your way!" Best regards, Andrew Stesin nic-hdl: ST73-RIPE