That's where I'd put my money. I've seen this too many times to not cringe at the thought. There are ways to prevent this of course, depending on the equipment.

Risk/reward also needs to be considered as part of this. The move to DNSSEC may itself be straightforward (emphasis on "may), but it does stand to increase overall DNS bandwidth and use of other resources throughout the global DNS infrastructures. Service providers are sure to look at this and wonder what they're getting out of the deal for their added costs.

One thing to consider as well is that DNS is not intended to be an authentication of a site you are visiting. It seems to me there are other methods of site validation (SSL/Certs).

I really don't get it. He's ideologies are extremist and not realistic for what most of us call the "real world". Said real world is most definitely both free and not free. Air, for example, is free. The home in which you live, is not, although I'm sure RMS would argue that THAT should be free too.

What a flipping wacko.

And anyway, what does he exactly mean by "free" and how does it affect me? Why should I care what he thinks?

We need to get this communistic line of thinking out of our software development, people.