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ICANN makes Scientific American
posted by tbyfield on Wednesday May 22 2002, @07:15PM
ICANN's "technical coordination" escapades have earned it coverage in yet another unlikely venue: Scientific American. The headline: "ICANN CAN'T".
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I haven't followed Scientific American very closely since I was deep into the "Amateur Scientist" column as a teen, but it's my strong impression that the magazine has the kind of reasonably healthy social conscience that's fairly common among scientists. Nevertheless, it came as a surprise to see the magazine run such a decisively negative writeup of ICANN.
Message to politicians and officials: Do not underestimate the depth and breadth of the animosity that ICANN is breeding. Controversial policies would be one thing if they were executed in an even-handed and responsible way, but ICANN's execution has been prejudicial and incompetent. Its own CEO has said so in plain language. This time around, ICANN is, in essence, crawling back to the US government asking for more time, more money, and more power. But the next time around, it'll be too late; and when Congress calls on ICANN to explain how it managed to cause an international incident, the media will be asking Congress and the DoC to explain "Who lost the net?"
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