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New ICANN Head Promises Greater Openness

Posted by michael on from the worth-the-paper-they-aren't-printed-on dept.

PrideOfPomona writes "At ZDNet(UK),"The Internet addressing authority has been criticised as secretive, but new president Paul Twomey says the organisation is to turn over a new leaf"." I suppose it's possible that Twomey will be better.

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  1. Remit by blh · · Score: 3, Insightful

    It seems like this chap is inheriting some challenging budget problems, and will need reasonably serious diplomatic skills to sort out the legacy of Stuart Lynn (ad-hoc member controversy) and negotiations over non-roman letter domain names.

  2. More Openness? by GeorgeH · · Score: 2, Insightful

    That's a pretty easy promise, it's like saying that Windows isn't as buggy as Slashdot makes it out to be. Set your baseline low enough and you can make pretty much any claim.

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  3. Only a few post? by manifestcommunisto · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Why so few discussion posts for this article??? Is there something wrong with ./ or are all the posters busy writing for thw War on Iraq articles? This is ./ after all, not a politics site.