[ih] Internet should be in private hands

[John Day]

Yes that was the whole idea and that both 3166 and networking had something to learn.

As John L said, the Internet is not the center of the world, to which I would add, or always right.

Everyone had something to learn.

> On Dec 7, 2022, at 15:16, Dr Eberhard W Lisse via Internet-history <internet-history at elists.isoc.org> wrote:
> 
> You are making Postel's point of not being in the business of what a
> country is.  We was looking for a list of sorts and the ISO "list" fits
> the bill (even with all its warts)
> 
> el
> 
> el
> 
> On 2022-12-07 22:11 , John Day via Internet-history wrote:
>> Yes, that was my point.
>> And why given the political organizations involved, it was odd that
>> someone didn’t catch that GB wasn’t the designation of the political
>> entity.
>> And of course, CH or Confederation Helvetica is the official name for
>> Switzerland and has been Helvetica for centuries and Confederation
>> Helvetica since unification.  (My Swiss history isn’t that good.)  ;-)
>> (I always find English versions of such names interesting, sometimes
>> it is far from clear how they came to be.  Not so much the name used
>> by the country but the English version.  Like getting Florence from
>> Firenze isn’t exactly obvious.)  ;-)
>> Take care,
>> John
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