[57641] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Independent space from ARIN
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Bradley Dunn)
Tue Apr 15 16:29:50 2003
Date: Tue, 15 Apr 2003 13:28:54 -0700
From: Bradley Dunn <bradley@dunn.org>
To: bdragon@gweep.net
Cc: nanog@merit.edu
Errors-To: owner-nanog-outgoing@merit.edu
bdragon@gweep.net wrote:
> God no, as can be seen with the DNS, free-market leads directly to
> hoarding by those who have the resources, because it is considered
> an investment in a cornered market.
I guess opportunity cost doesn't factor in to your analysis?
> It leads directly to a tragedy of the commons where 90% of the resources
> get sucked up by 10% of the companies, and those who need address space
> get extorted.
Whether or not what you describe would happen, it's certainly not a
tragedy of the commons. Google should help clear up your confusion.
Bradley
