The DNS problem

[Carl Smith]

Thank you jfc

Lou

On 8/23/2012 7:51 AM, JFC Morfin wrote:
> At 05:30 23/08/2012, Horacio T. Cadiz wrote:
>> On 08/23/2012 09:44 AM, McTim wrote:
>>> My org makes the DNS server software that is FOSS and has the ~80%
>>> of the
>>> DNS server software market.
>>
>> Three cheers for BIND!  B-)
>
> 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.
>
> Wikipedia defines a market as: "A *market* is one of many varieties of
> systems <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/System>, institutions
> <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Institution>, procedures
> <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Procedure_%28term%29> , social relations
> <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_relation> and infrastructures
> <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Infrastructure> whereby parties engage
> in exchange. While parties may exchange goods and services by barter
> <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barter>, most markets rely on sellers
> offering their goods or services (including labor) in exchange for
> money <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Money> 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."
>
> I think we all agree to wish the DNS never be a market.
>
>
> This being said, the "DNS" is a confusing term because it is at the
> same time:
>
> 1. a network application (layer OSI 7) that resolves domain names into
> IP addresses.
> 2. the network protocol to dialong with the applications wich operate
> that service.
> 3. the architecture followed to build that applications and their
> related tools.
> 4. a DDDS (a kind of distributed dynamic database system)
> 5. a market organized by ICANN
> 6. a general digital naming syntax for the whole digital ecosystem
> ... etc.
>
> jfc

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