[12705] in Commercialization & Privatization of the Internet
About the creation of new 3-letter domain(s)
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Barry Shein)
Thu May 26 16:14:58 1994
Date: Thu, 26 May 1994 01:00:10 -0400
From: bzs@world.std.com (Barry Shein)
To: dcrocker@mordor.stanford.edu
Cc: avg@sprint.net, paul@vix.com, com-priv@psi.com
In-Reply-To: Dave Crocker's message of Wed, 25 May 1994 21:33:32 -0700 <aa09d4d8030210147270@[128.102.17.23]>
>From: dcrocker@mordor.stanford.edu (Dave Crocker)
>Small point, Barry,
>
>At 2:19 PM 5/24/94, Barry Shein wrote:
>>I thought this entire conversation started because it was noted that
>>DNS as it is currently used won't scale.
>
>This statement simply is wrong. The DNS functions just fine.
>
>It has a number of difference 'schemas' for defining and assinging names and
>some of THEM don't scale well. This is not a problem with the DNS. It is a
>problem with information administration.
That is why I said ``...DNS as it is currently *used*...''.
Really.
I know that.
>And no, I'm not nit-picking. I think it's important to be very clear about
>what problem needs to be solved and that it helps to label it properly.
I don't think you're nit-picking.
I do think this is a very imperfect medium that often draws people
towards reading what they think the other person might have said,
rather than what they wrote. Nuances of language become opaque rather
readily.
However, I do accept the judgement that if someone does not understand
one's writing it is fair to assume the blame lie with the author.
Sorry for any confusion. Thank you for continuing to read the thread,
no doubt long after it merited the time.
-Barry Shein
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