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WSIS: What Is It 'Really' All About?

• Comment posted Dec 29, 2003 5:34 pm PST — by Vittorio Bertola
  Jane - when you negotiate international treaties between countries, exactly as when you negotiate a business deal between two companies, you do take into account even the most extreme cases - and you have to do so very rationally. In…

• Comment posted Dec 29, 2003 9:42 am PST — by Vittorio Bertola
  Jane: Actually, your point supports my statement - there *is* a reason to promote regional root servers, and it is so compelling that, in the absence of a global agreement on the matter, the existing technical practices have been stretched…

Engineers on TLDs: Do You Want Me With Fries?

• Comment posted Dec 24, 2004 5:17 pm PST — by Vittorio Bertola
  Point taken. (It's a pity that the only option I have to participate is by using my fourth language in order of learning, though nowadays I'm using it almost as much as my primary mother tongue… but that's part of…

• Comment posted Dec 24, 2004 11:17 am PST — by Vittorio Bertola
  Just for clarity, I never meant to be disrespectful or distasteful - just somewhat funny. I am sorry if you didn't like the catchy line.

• Comment posted Dec 22, 2004 9:36 am PST — by Vittorio Bertola
  Ok, of course I was being provocative - as you sometimes have to do, when things seem stuck. Also, I've never said that you shouldn't listen to what the "old guys" say. I've just said that they shouldn't be allowed…

To Meow or not to Meow: .CAT TLD approved by ICANN

• Comment posted Oct 01, 2005 9:33 pm PDT — by Vittorio Bertola
  Re the first comment: OMG! No, the Basque and the Catalan are different peoples, both living in parts of Spain, but different ones. Yes, the Basque have a strong separatist movement going on, which historically included terrorism. No, the Catalan…

ICANN and Legalities

• Comment posted Nov 30, 2005 7:05 am PST — by Vittorio Bertola
  Oh well, I really can't wait to see ICANN become a for-profit U.S. Corporation. You'd get blue helmets landing in Marina del Rey in five seconds - and at least a couple of major root server splits in the Internet.

Ask Vint Cerf: The Road Ahead for Top-Level Domains

• Comment posted Jan 19, 2006 2:01 pm PST — by Vittorio Bertola
  And by the way, I think many people will shiver by reading the allegations that "ccTLD .br is under US control" and "Brazil is violating US laws and US public policies". It would be very interesting to see Lula sued…

• Comment posted Jan 18, 2006 10:47 am PST — by Vittorio Bertola
  Sorry, I would also like to repeat a very important question that other people already made… I know of at least six different Regions in Italy that resemble Catalonia in terms of a history of political independence, the existence of…

• Comment posted Jan 18, 2006 10:41 am PST — by Vittorio Bertola
  (First of all, the nasty one) Did you ever read the submissions by the At-Large Advisory Committee on this matter? Could we please find a way to discuss the matter with you and the Board, other than using the press?…

China's New Domain Names: Lost in Translation

• Comment posted Mar 02, 2006 12:17 pm PST — by Vittorio Bertola
  I don't understand why people are so upset by the Chinese going their way. The "uniqueness of identifiers" and "universality" of the Internet are myths that never existed in reality; the Chinese are doing this since years ago, and then…