[GreenKeys] Internet Security - Off topic -

[Sam Hallas]

KC0NNC at aol.com wrote:

> It is my opinion that the Internet is a USA invention, and should stay  under 
> the control of the US.  Worldwide, just as the telephone is a US  invention.  

Hold hard there, buddy! The telephone may have been patented in the US, 
but by an ex-patriot Scot. Lots of other people in several countries 
invented telephones, but Bell beat everyone to the patent office and 
then spent much energy in beating them in lawsuits to protect his 
patent. Admittedly the internet grew out of a US invention, but the 
Worldwide Web concept was developed by an Englishman working in Switzerland.

Anyway, there's a pretty perceptive article on the BBC news web site at:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/4438664.stm

which points out that ICANN doesn't actually RUN the web: it's more a 
cooperative effort by all users.

Anyway as you will see from:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/4441544.stm

a deal has been reached which more or less retains the status quo.

Cheers,
Sam