I do not believe an International governing body will solve the problem.
Case 1.
Let's just say the US agrees to relinquish its control over the root servers. Let's just say this organization that will control the root servers is called the UN. Eventually, other countries will disagree with the UN's policies. These disagreeing countries will most likely come to the conclusion that they reserve the right to be able to control the network in their respective countries in entirety. What I think we will see is goverments setting up their own national root servers agreeing to issue ip addresse ranges alloted to them by the UN.
Case 2: More realistic.
Basically, the world is headed for the ultimate outcome of case 1. But a more realistic approach I think we will see is that the US will not relinquish control. Other countries disagreeing with this policy will setup up their own collective networks or ultimately separate like in case 1. However, collective sub-international networks will be subject to case 1 eventually.
Basically, in the end. Each country will control their own root servers and network. Poor countries who cannot afford the technology will have to rely on agreements with other countries to run their root servers for them.
International bridges will allow for cross network communication, just like subnets.
This is my opinion and belief.
Lazy journalism you say? What about the media who quote the most negative part of an article obviously attempting to sway reader's opinion toward the negative? According to Enderle's article, this story on Slashdot is the victim of a Linux Priest. "...he goes to far, but he does make legitimate points..." is a Linux Priest view that Enderle's article isn't good, but it isn't bad either.
Personally, I wish the opinion would stay off the Slashdot front page stories and more in the discussion forum. I think media in general should try and take an un-biased opinion and let the readers think for themselves; unless it is intended to be an opinion piece...
-Oh, and my post is an opinion piece-
Have fun with this one and don't get too nasty!
I'm thinking of Orson Well's Time Machine where Alexander goes 800,000 years into the future. That future civilization is much more archaic than any of the other civilizations in the past within the book.
Never knock great documentation. I would have to say that one of the major problems with open source software today is that many of the programs do not have enough great documentation.
Are there actually any companies out there that have switched (either well in the past or recently) from windows to linux? If so, what have been their experiences?
I ask because I think there is no way to end this religious-like argument until a true full fledged case study is done on a company of at least 200 or more employees running linux on ALL of the company's desktops.
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I do not believe an International governing body will solve the problem. Case 1. Let's just say the US agrees to relinquish its control over the root servers. Let's just say this organization that will control the root servers is called the UN. Eventually, other countries will disagree with the UN's policies. These disagreeing countries will most likely come to the conclusion that they reserve the right to be able to control the network in their respective countries in entirety. What I think we will see is goverments setting up their own national root servers agreeing to issue ip addresse ranges alloted to them by the UN. Case 2: More realistic. Basically, the world is headed for the ultimate outcome of case 1. But a more realistic approach I think we will see is that the US will not relinquish control. Other countries disagreeing with this policy will setup up their own collective networks or ultimately separate like in case 1. However, collective sub-international networks will be subject to case 1 eventually. Basically, in the end. Each country will control their own root servers and network. Poor countries who cannot afford the technology will have to rely on agreements with other countries to run their root servers for them. International bridges will allow for cross network communication, just like subnets. This is my opinion and belief.
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Personally, I wish the opinion would stay off the Slashdot front page stories and more in the discussion forum. I think media in general should try and take an un-biased opinion and let the readers think for themselves; unless it is intended to be an opinion piece...
-Oh, and my post is an opinion piece-
Have fun with this one and don't get too nasty!
I'm thinking of Orson Well's Time Machine where Alexander goes 800,000 years into the future. That future civilization is much more archaic than any of the other civilizations in the past within the book.
Never knock great documentation. I would have to say that one of the major problems with open source software today is that many of the programs do not have enough great documentation.
I ask because I think there is no way to end this religious-like argument until a true full fledged case study is done on a company of at least 200 or more employees running linux on ALL of the company's desktops.