[apnic-talk] Ignorable (it is a response to a Fleming mail).
Ignore this mail.
Really.
It contains a response to Jim Fleming that someone "kindly" sent to me.
The only reason I wish to respond is to clarify a couple of minor points.
I really do apologize for the additional lessening of the signal to noise
ratio and I will not respond to any further "flemgrams", regardless of who
sends them to me.
>This might be part of Mr. Conrad's problem. I did not suggest that
>the IPv4 address space be delegated to the 50 US States.
If anyone really cares (I know, no one does), I would direct them to
http://www.arin.net/archives/naipr.9703, message from JimFleming at unety dot net
dated 6 Mar 1997 (you can find it quickly with a "find in page" looking
for "clarified..."). You'll discover Jim does indeed propose allocating
IPv4 address space (/8s) to each state (in addition to 3 TLDs).
However, I must admit I had mis-remembered Fleming's actual proposal, he
was proposing allocating "only" 50 /8s (10 times the address space APNIC
currently has), one for each state. Fleming also states that other
countries could get address space by leasing it from the states. Apologies
for my failing memory.
>Since David Conrad is beholding to Jon Postel for all of the
>money he has made off of APNIC, it is not surprising that
>David would be opposed to moving control from Jon Postel.
Actually, I'm very grateful the AP Internet community provided me with the
opportunity to help set up APNIC.
I am no more "beholding" to Jon Postel for providing APNIC's address space
(presumably this is what Fleming is referring to) than I am to Miyazu
Jun-ichiro-san (NTT President) for providing the telecom facilities APNIC
uses to provide our services.
>I leave it to everyone to decide why David Conrad does not seem to
>want people in the APNIC region to have a say in their own future.
I'll let my past activities, actions, and my words speak for themselves.
People can make up their own minds.
Regards,
-drc
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