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Vint Cerf sends in the clowns
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Don't pour maple syrup on top of dog droppings and call it pancakes.
I have honestly not had the opportunity to watch ICANN walk a walk that matches something even remotely close to what Vint describes in this article.
I was really disappointed in Vint on the spin doctor aspect of this article, as he has made so many contributions to the internet throughout his career that have been so helpful and positive for everyone.
The points made in the article really bend reality in a way to lead a reader to a conclusion that ICANN has benefitted everyone more than the very few that they actually have.
I opine that the article would lead the reader who bases their descisions on very high level perspectives of what is really happening (such as, say governmental officials who are busy with their everyday problems that this internet stuff is only a blip on a radar), to believe that ICANN is something different than what it has shown itself to be.
I don't mean this to dilute the positive things that we have seen from ICANN, because there have been some good things to come from them, and there are a lot of very well intentioned people involved and contributing their time and energy.
C'mon Vint. I expect pragmatic honesty to be a solution to the state of affairs we are in.
I may not be alone.
-J
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Attacking Vint is not the goal. I have a great deal of respect for his accomplishments.
He is certainly someone who does deserve respect for their pioneering work in the internet's infancy.
One might wonder why someone of his stature and accomplishments would lend their credibility to something like ICANN, unless there was pragmatic honesty at the core of their efforts.
If ICANN is to ever become viable, there needs to be less, [ahem] 'candy', fed to the massses who are being 'represented in a bottom up consensus manner', if that is indeed what is happening.
It is not clear to me that this is the case.
I don't suspect I am alone in this perception.
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