well put :)


At 13:13 4/12/96 +1000, you wrote:
>1. The DNS is NOT a directory service
>
>but 
>
>2. The DNS IS BEING USED as a directory service
>
>ergo 
>
>3. Names are Important
>
>4. The DNS structure is pretty flat
>
>ergo 
>
>5. Names WILL clash.
>
>and as a consequence of  of Important Names Clashing, 
>
>6. This is a problem
>
>The issue is NOT how to prevent the clash. The issue is to get out of the
>legal feeding frenzy as an aftermath of each and every clash.
>
>Thanks,
>
>  Geoff
>
>
>
>At 11:31 AM 4/12/96, Gary Meltzer wrote:
>>On Wed, 04 Dec 1996 11:07:00 +1000, Simon Hackett <simon&#167;internode.com.au>
>>wrote:
>>>...
>>>The DNS is not a directory service. 
>>
>>It may not have been designed as a directory service.
>>
>>>The DNS is not a directory service.
>>
>>Is.
>>
>>>Some people believe the DNS is a directory service.
>>
>>Many people use DNS as a directory service.
>>
>>>The DNS is not a directory service.
>>
>>Effectively, it is a directory service, because it is used as such.
>>
>>>You're solving the problem with the wrong tool. I know that this doesn't
>>>stop "most" people wanting their company to be companyname.com.au. But the
>>>real impacts of having to take a second-best option are overblown in my
>>>view. People already use .COM as an escape valve if they can't get what they
>>>want, and has that made them impossible to find? No!
>>
>>So you're saying that DNS is a good directory service?
>>
>>Better directory services are available and even better ones emerging,
>>but that is probably irrelevant to the topic of changing the DNS au
>>name-space and its controllers to the benefit of its users.
>>
>>-- Gary Meltzer               mailto:garym&#167;softshore.com.au
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>>-- Specialists in applying and supplying technology
>
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