On Tuesday, April 21, 1998 11:25 AM, Jay Fenello[SMTP:Jay at IPERDOME.COM] wrote: <snip> @ @The way I see it, we face several possible outcomes under @the Green Paper process: @ 1) The GP garners the required consensus, and the root @ remains intact under a single authority structure. @ 2) The U.S. assumes the responsibility for a U.S. based @ root, and encourages Europe and others to do the same. @ Then, these independent roots can coordinate their @ activities as relative equals in the global Internet. @ 3) The Grass Root Servers are accepted, and each and @ every Netizen can choose for themselve. Jay, You might want to add #4. 4) Europe (mostly via RIPE) demonstrates that IP allocations and TLDs have something to do with each other and that people can work together without the DOD-centric IANA/ARIN approach. Then, U.S. companies realize the merits of this and move to this Round Table model. This is similar to #2 above but focuses on the fact that Europe and RIPE are in many ways ahead of the U.S. in this area. They have a healthier structure and do not seem to box themselves into corners like the IANA/ARIN people. For example, RIPE works on both IP and TLD issues. Join the discussion... http://www.ripe.net/mail-archives/tld-wg/current/index.html - Jim Fleming Unir Corporation IBC, Tortola, BVI -------- Logged at Tue Apr 21 19:21:41 MET DST 1998 ---------