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...delegated responsibility for its TLDs to Network Solutions Inc. (NSI) after a public bidding process. NSI agreed to register new domain names in a database that links the names to the IP addresses of their corresponding computers...
...Enter Kashpureff and his stunt. After snagging the attendant publicity, AlterNIC's founder fled his Washington state home, went underground, eventually apologizing for the traffic hijacking and settling with NSI, InterNIC's parent corporation...
While such moves may not appear particularly earth shattering, they are likely to produce reverberations of unusual proportions. The NSI has traditionally supported basic research period with the argument being that science operates best when it drives itself. In other words, basic science drives technology...
Today, however, the reverse seems to be true. Technology is beginning to drive science. For example, computer technology controls how fast data can be manipulated which in turn controls the pace of science. As a result, government officials are priming the NSI to strengthen its activity in this area...
...becomes a foundation supporting industry. This is not to say that industry should be left hanging while basic research scoops up all the support. Instead, a new agency to handle the rapidly expanding technology boom is necessary. Moreover, because of the growing importance of technology research, if the NSI hopes to support both basic research and technology, it appears as though basic research may take a back seat...