[AusNOG] Incorrect DNS setup

[Robert Brockway]

On Mon, 5 Jul 2010, Robert Brockway wrote:

> On Mon, 5 Jul 2010, Steve Skeevens wrote:
>
>> A little known fact is that the 'www' hostname was invented by Tim
>> Berners-Lee as a way of making some of the money that he might have made if
>> he had thought to patent HTTP and HTML.  Tim petitioned the IETF to have
>
> Thanks for this enlightening post Steve.  Surely if Berners-Lee had been
> able to patent HTTP and HTML then the standards would have been better
> protected and the world would be a better place today, don't you think?

Hmm... no one else bit.  I thought the thread was funny.

I do want to clarify: I was joking :)  I think I've made my opinion on 
patent law very clear over the years on many lists and forums.

Cheers,

Rob

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