BIND 10 Development Now Fully Underway

darthcamaro writes "A decade after work first began on version 9 of BIND, the widely deployed open source DNS server, work is now fully underway on its successor, BIND 10. '"One of the goals for BIND 10 is to allow people to customize and extend without too much trouble," Shane Kerr, BIND 10's program manager at the Internet Systems Consortium (ISC), told InternetNews.com.' Sounds good right? Only problem is that it's going to take a bit of time until BIND 10 is actually ready for production — potentially as long as five years!"

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Re:5 years and then some

[Tenebrousedge]

I am extremely offended by your signature. We are a nation of religious tolerance, first and foremost. Secondarily we can be said to be a Christian people, but there are significant minorities of other belief systems. One of the most important parts of having a constitutional republic (in general) and the separation of church and state clause (in specific) is to prevent such minorities from the 'tyranny of the majority'. We must not allow the erosion of rights for any segment of our population, else we can no longer consider ourselves citizens of a free country.

Do note that while there is mention of God in our currency etc., there is no mention of Christ--nor should there be. Also, the values that formed this country weren't terribly Christian: excellence in warfare and technology, the 'pioneer spirit', the 'manifest destiny' philosophy. If we owe anything to Christianity for our government and/or culture, we owe just as much to the ancient Greeks, and the thinkers of the Enlightenment. And if we consider the ultimate expression of Christian morality to be found in Matthew 22:34-40, then it's hard to believe that a nation with our history of racism, prejudice, and warfare to be at all Christian, no matter how strongly we might profess it. Indeed, most people claiming to be Christians here wouldn't know Christ's teachings if they bit them.

If you somehow feel that minority religions are wrong, please work to change that in some way that does not involve our government or legal system. If you want a theocracy, go to Iran.