Some time ago, a fair chunk of Backbytes was taken up with arguments about the meanings of
active, reactive and proactive (backbytes.computing.co.uk). In the end, I think the consensus was that they all meant, er, something or other.

Interesting then to read that Mark Samuels is advocating "a proactive reaction" to the release of .asia domains (Stake a claim to your Asian domain, knowledge.computing.co.uk).

As one cannot react to an event until that event has happened, but to be proactive one must take action in advance of the event, can anyone explain what a proactive reaction is?

Antony Hawkins