[LINK] ITU … plays for control again

Bernard Robertson-Dunn brd at iimetro.com.au
Mon Nov 12 16:51:00 AEDT 2012


On 12/11/2012 3:58 PM, Frank O'Connor wrote:
> See: http://www.abc.net.au/news/2012-11-12/internet-ownership/4366508
>
> These clowns won't give up, half of what they say in support of their case is plainly untrue and the other half is irrelevant, they represent a political rather than scientific basis for control of the Internet, and they'll probably (on past performance) want to charge like wounded bulls for doing it.

One small point. Science is (generally) reductionism, engineering is 
(generally) synthesis. I'd rather there was engineering (as in Internet 
Engineering Task Force) than either political or scientific control.

Apart from that I agree with what you say.

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brd

Bernard Robertson-Dunn
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