Root Nameserver Changes

Tue May 20 20:18:32 UTC 1997

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Subj:	Re: Root Nameserver Changes

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To: Marc Hurst <mhurst at fastlane.ca>
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Date: Tue, 20 May 1997 15:04:32 -0400
From: "Perry E. Metzger" <perry at piermont.com>
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Marc Hurst writes:
> Because you do not belong to one does not mean they do not exist. Market 
> share, or the lack thereof, does not dictate as to whether or not they 
> actually exist.

Yawn.
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Oh, but Mr. Hurst makes a true and valid point. And the Flat Earth Society
does actually exist (cf. www.flat-earth.org), but I somehow doubt Mr. Vixie is
a member of it either...
-jrf
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> On Tue, 20 May 1997, Paul A Vixie wrote:
> 
> > > It is better to expand/modify Root Name Server
> > > Confederations based on where servers are
> > > located and which ISPs use them.
> > 
> > there is no such thing as a root name server confederation, that is a
> > fiction of jim fleming's intersteller imagination.
> >