Subject: RE: Ping

From: Yaron Goland <[email-masked]>
Date: Thu, 11 Mar 1999 14:36:39 -0800

We bother because there have already been collisions between URI schemes and
we would like to avoid any more in the future.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Craig A. Finseth [mailto:[email-masked]]
> Sent: Thursday, March 11, 1999 1:55 PM
> To: [email-masked]
> Cc: Ian King; [email-masked]
> Subject: Re: Ping
> 
> 
>    Why do we have to bother?
> 
>    The reality is that people use new URL names without bothering
>    to register them to IANA.
> 
>    IETF has lost the control because it tried to make the registration
>    restrictive.
> 
> Because there are a few of us who do actually try to follow 
> the rules...?
> 
> Craig
>