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At 05:30 23/08/2012, Horacio T. Cadiz wrote:<br>
<blockquote type=cite class=cite cite="">On 08/23/2012 09:44 AM, McTim
wrote:<br>
<blockquote type=cite class=cite cite="">My org makes the DNS server
software that is FOSS and has the ~80% of the<br>
DNS server software market.</blockquote><br>
Three cheers for BIND! B-)</blockquote><br>
I would not qualify the "installed basis" as a
"market". This kind of teminology introduces confusion we want
to clarify. It is true that ISC sells support, and there is therefore a
market for BIND paying support. <br><br>
Wikipedia defines a market as: "A <b>market</b> is one of many
varieties of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/System">systems</a>,
<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Institution">institutions</a>,
<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Procedure_%28term%29">procedures</a>
, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_relation">social
relations</a> and
<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Infrastructure">infrastructures</a>
whereby parties engage in exchange. While parties may exchange goods and
services by <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barter">barter</a>,
most markets rely on sellers offering their goods or services (including
labor) in exchange for
<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Money">money</a> from buyers. It
can be said that a market is the process by which the prices of goods and
services are established. For a market to be competitive, there must be
more than a single buyer or seller. It has been suggested that two people
may trade, but it takes at least three persons to have a market, so that
there is competition on at least one of its two sides."<br><br>
I think we all agree to wish the DNS never be a market. <br><br>
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This being said, the "DNS" is a confusing term because it is at
the same time:<br><br>
1. a network application (layer OSI 7) that resolves domain names into IP
addresses.<br>
2. the network protocol to dialong with the applications wich operate
that service.<br>
3. the architecture followed to build that applications and their related
tools.<br>
4. a DDDS (a kind of distributed dynamic database system)<br>
5. a market organized by ICANN<br>
6. a general digital naming syntax for the whole digital ecosystem<br>
... etc.<br><br>
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