"dns naming debates don't belong on the IETF list."
sorry, but the "technologists" are married to the naming debates as much as
they feel comfortable with the hit-and-run approach of having a material
impact upon the DNS market place. Especially those technologists that like
to throw out quick sound bytes about "market demand" or other economic
variables as if speaking from a position of expertise or proper due
diligence of a for-profit spectrum. Conservatism based upon an area of
expertise is fine. Unfortunately, many technologists have failed to live
within their bounds and, where DNS is concerned, have allowed others with
not so technically altruistic motivations adversely affect consumers. So,
welcome to the wedding.
Those technologists that want a divorce need simply go on record in some
formal way regarding the technical impact the first round TLD expansion has
had upon root server functionality and overall architecture, extrapolate
this as they know how, make their recommendation, and move on. Is this
really outside the technical scope of the IETF?
Ray
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