Restarting the discussion

> 
> I volunteered to summerize the current status of which registries are
> gov't funded, or university funded, etc.  Here are the only 6 countries
> that answered:
> 
> DE        c
> IL        b
> CZ        c
> DK        d - Eunet Denmark
> ES        a
> BE        a
> 
> 
> >a) government funded registry
> >b) university funded registry
> >c) country Internet consortium funded registry
> >d) other
> 
> Based on such a small sample I don't think we can conclude anything.
> Anyone else care to respond to the survey?

Hank, we didn't respond to your survey because I think your rather
simple categories have a tendency to imply wrong and misleading things, 
and I simply do not have the time to start a big discussion on why the 
categories are wrong.

But just as an example, take the answers from ES and BE: are the activities
of the ES and BE registries really a line item in a budget of a federal
office of their countries? Isn't it far more the case that these registries
are run by national academic networks that are subsidised by their resp.
governments, which is -NOT- the same as a direct government activity or
direct government funding.

Simon