Forwarded several times: - ------- Start of forwarded message ------- Date: Tue, 2 Jul 2002 15:05:00 -0400 (EDT) Subject: .org IMS has teamed up with Internet Software Consortium (aka Paul Vixie and the folks who produce BIND) to try and wrest control of the .org registry from VeriSign. ICANN has it up for bid and all the other applicants are various combinations of commercial operators. We want to run .org in the public interest and release all of our code, secure the DNS, etc.
We could really use a public show of support. Was wondering if you might chime in and possibly even try and encourage some of your cohorts to chime in? We think this is a pretty crucial test case on setting up a solid public infrastructure for core Internet functions. The degree of public support is one of the selection criteria, so we'd certainly appreciate your help. Regards, Carl Malamud Internet Multicasting Service Our proposal is at: http://trusted.resource.org/ Our show-your-support page is at: http://not.invisible.net/signals/bin/000055.shtml The ICANN process is at: http://www.icann.org/tlds/org/ The IMS home page is at: http://not.invisible.net/ ==================================================================== - ------ End of forwarded message ------- I (kbob) think this is an excellent chance for us to regain control of part of the 'Net, and I'd like to encourage all of you EUGLUGsters to post to the show-your-support page. It's a little bit scary that I know nearly half of the people who've signed the petition so far. Followups to [EMAIL PROTECTED], please... -- Bob Miller K<bob> kbobsoft software consulting http://kbobsoft.com [EMAIL PROTECTED]
