arstechnica.com — Despite reports to the contrary, the US is not about to relinquish control over ICANN. They did reiterate their plans to relinquish control at some future date, but that has been the plan all along. For now, controls stays with the US.
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Closed AccountJul 28, 2006
Be careful not to start a war. True USA invented Internet but Europe invented the WWW.So ICANN should be divided between EU and USA. I think the USA should gradually start to give control to other nations.
thisdude415Jul 28, 2006
Tim Burners Lee invented the WWW, and he now lives in the US. I'd like to point out that this is just ICANN... (yes, i know it's a big deal, but quit whining... the US paid for most of it anyway)
djdoleJul 28, 2006
THANK YOU! Hmm... UN bureaucrats in charge, or a non-profit organization. Hmmm….That's a hard one....Yeah…Its fine the way it is.
inkswampJul 28, 2006
> but in other lanaguages these make no sense and countries want> their own domains which make sense in their own languages.Well, then they should have invented the Internet themselves, I guess. I'm all for global fairness and taking non-US-centric views of things, but sometimes complaints like this just come off as bellyaching.
shanimalJul 28, 2006
@ bitt3n"Also, to make my point even more persuasive, I wish to observe that somehow this is related to Iraq."Uhhh... "somehow" related to Iraq? That's a little vague, don't you think? If you want to point fingers, try using references next time. And using the term "somehow" ISN'T making your point any more persuasive.
billybobfettJul 29, 2006
I think you mean derivative drivel. And if "derivative" means repeating the facts from economics books, then I suppose that's true. I wasn't saying that wars don't cost a lot; I was just saying that the idea of blaming/crediting a President for everything the economy does is simplistic and wrong.