Re: [ga] Registrants

[Andrew McMeikan <andrewm@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Really Hugh?
Registrants provide nothing.

???
Well lets packup, job done, no more providing sites, I'll go scrub
out any software I released, get rid of any writtings, pull the plugs.

Registrants provide nothing.

Apparently.

What is a registrant?  Hmm lets see,  to make it easy for others to
locate their computer, they co-operate in a naming scheme to avoid
duplicate hostnames or long!routing!information

once upon a time it was a host file, then DNS, then it cost money
and still, in the spirit of co-operating, to provide this convenient
co-operative access and a great big internetworked link up of computers.

but now it seems
Registrants provide nothing.
so I guess I'll go back to fido-net and you can route my email
through region 55, zone 3 , I'll have to get back to you on the node.

Excuse my venting

Hugh Dierker wrote:
> You both are demanding and dreaming of something that no one has earned.
> The huge corporations make money off the internet but pay for their
> seat.  The governments pay for infrastructure and whatnot, and
> preseumably represent their citizens. The consumer pays by entering into
> commerce on the Net.
> Registrants provide nothing. They buy and use, or they buy and
> speculate.  What is it that gives them the rights they demand for free?