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From: henry@utzoo.UUCP (Henry Spencer)
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Subject: Re: Name space explosion -- first tremors
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Date: Mon, 29-Jul-85 15:43:57 EDT
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Posted: Mon Jul 29 15:43:57 1985
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> This is the principal difference with domains.  A domain is
> an *authority*.  That is, there is some responsible entity
> who alone can make new names in the domain.  ...
> Some kind of naming authority is essential if this network
> is to continue to grow and be useful.  ...

Oh goody, a volunteer!  :-)

More seriously, this is a real and fundamental problem of any attempt to
set up a central naming authority:  what happens when the volunteer labor
burns out?  Who is going to pay for the man-hours needed, in perpetuity?
-- 
				Henry Spencer @ U of Toronto Zoology
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