Re: Classes other then IN

> If we think of the web as a semantic platform that can be programmed
> then essentially the US government has control of the variable names.
> 
> If it were the C langauge we were talking about and we were constrained
> by some government - any government - over what variable names we
> were allowed to use... would that be a political or techincal
> issue?

 Definitely a political one. Variable names can be changed by a one-liner
in sh or Perl. So can domain names. The constraint is on the *content* of
the platform, not on the *nature*, design, or implementation of it.

 I understand there is much work to do towards a "freer" or "fairer" use
of domain names; but no matter who controls the content, DNS implementors
will be concerned by the DNS protocol itself and not much else. Having
to implement classes other than IN for political reasons, even "good" ones,
is not something I'm looking forward to.


[ OT ]

> I think Opera is a good browser. It's not? Convince me.

 I also think that Opera is quite good. But it's not "free software" as
in Open Source. And that makes *one*. Just as there was *one* good MTA
in 1996 - qmail - because some dude happened to be concerned enough by
the MTA market state, and technically good enough, to write his own MTA.

 The existence of Opera is not a testimony to the ease of implementation
of web browsers. It's a testimony to the fact there are still good
programmers out there, despite heavy constraints.

[ /OT ]

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 Laurent