Roberto Gaetano <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >My proposal is to encourage comments on the substance of the draft (up to >now the great part of the traffic on the lists was on the question "Is >DNSO.ORG open?", rather than "What does the DNSO.ORG propose?"), and somehow >we will tally the opinions, then come to a final wrap-up (the tentative date >is Jan. 22) for a final version, with short verification on the list(s). > >Of course, if the participation in terms of comments is close to zip, and >attendance to the wrap-up meeting is the people we had before (plus, maybe, >INTA), then the whole process is not worthed the effort, and we may as well >go to ICANN with a set of separate applications, and lose some more time >(which is exactly what some people asked Santa Claus for). > I like what you write roberto .....good questions. I offer some evidence below as to the likely outcome. By all means lets go to ICANN, but I would not expecta favorable hearing from Roberts or Dyson. ========================================================== Once again there is some fresh evidence of how Mike Roberts and Esther Dyson are overseeing a stacked deck. The POC/CORE, INTA, ISOC backed DNSO.org is the odds on inside favorite to be selected as the domain name supporting organization - make no mistake about it. What's more, judging by the identities of the sponsors of the january 22 meeting, it is very likely that CIX and the major ISP's are now fully supportive of the stacked ICANN/DNSO deck. Why do I say this? Simple enlightenment when one of the best salesman of internet connections in the world told me that he was not in favor of any new top level domain names being added to the root servers. Why? I asked. Because it leads to customer confusion and would make his selling job somewhat harder came the response. The same reason that multiple root servers would be seen as a disaster. Why? Because it would create doubts in the minds of customers that they could get access to 100% of the global internet if they bought through his company. It is increasingly obvious that the role of dnso.org will be to see that either none or at most very few new TLDS are recognized. Apart from POC, PAB and CORE Here are some of the supporters of dnso.org.... speaking of....aren't they going to hold a meeting in the United states before the end of the month? Here is a claim that has been made about the US meeting: "People representing organizations with a direct stake in the DNSO will be actively participating in the meeting, a summary of the meeting will be made public, and some observers will be invited to attend." The following is a list of most of the people that the dnso.org fixers seem to think have a direct stake in the dnso. those being ommitted are noteable. knowing how ICANN and its DNSO.org minions operate the ommissions should not surprise anyone. 1. Netsearchers International LTD: Our Aim - We aim to provide brand and trade mark professionals with assistance in monitoring and protecting their intellectual property across the Internet. 2. United States Council for International Business: Giving business a seat at the table in Promoting an open system of world trade, finance, and investment.. 3. International Court of Arbitration 4. Orange & Associates is a firm of Patent and Trademark Agents located in Toronto, Canada. 5. COMITE CONSULTATIF ECONOMIQUE ET INDUSTRIEL AUPRES DE L'OCDE (BIAC) 6. Hall Dickler Kent Friedman & Wood. advertising, marketing, and promotion law. 7. Federation of European Direct Marketing Agencies 8. Inta 9. Network Solutions 10. Information Technology Association of America 11. The Shaprio Cohen Group - Trade Mark and Patent Lawyers 12. European Brands Association 13. ATT 14. Bell Atlantic 15. Microsoft That *these* are most of the people who the dnso.org folk think are the stake holders in the DNS game speaks volumes about where their hearts and minds are. *************************************************************************** The COOK Report on Internet What Happened to the White Paper? 431 Greenway Ave, Ewing, NJ 08618 USA ICANN a Sham. (updated 10/25/98) See (609) 882-2572 (phone & fax) http://www.cookreport.com/whorules.html [EMAIL PROTECTED] Index to 6 years of COOK Report, how to subscribe, exec summaries, special reports, gloss at http://www.cookreport.com *************************************************************************** __________________________________________________ To receive the digest version instead, send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To SUBSCRIBE forward this message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNSUBSCRIBE, forward this message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Problems/suggestions regarding this list? Email [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___END____________________________________________
