Thu, 11 Dec 2003 14:33:07 GMT

The View from Africa. This is a doozy. Look at how the compromise to put over discussion of ICANN until 2005 is being viewed in Africa. Here's the story from AllAfrica.com: “The transference of Internet governance from US corporation ICANN (Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers) to the United Nations has been viewed as one of the biggest victories for the developing world. The UN has been given until 2005 to take control of the digital highway.” Whoa. [Lextext]