Kevin and all,
Kevin J. Connolly wrote:
> Okay, since it seems that people have a burning desire to know:
>
> (1) I do not do business with ISOC.
>
> (2) I am proud and happy to be a member of ISOC. I am a member of the New York
>City Chapter. In fact, if you really need to know, I am the founder of the NYC
>chapter, and currently sit on its Board of Directors.
Than your #1 is an incorrect statement. If you are a member of the ISOC,
you pay dues, and therefore legally speaking. DO BUSINESS with the
ISOC by definition. Not that this matters, however... >;)
>
>
> (3) I became a member of ISOC long after I weighed in on the Domain Name Wars
>(fwiw, I was a participant on the IAHC-discuss list and I had more than a few pointed
>exchanges with Dave (whose respect I hope I earned and who certainly earned my
>respect) and Perry Metzger (same comments, though Perry and I will never be friends
>:-). I became a member of the PAB, wherein I was an outspoken critic of anything
>anticompetitive in the gTLD fertility dance. And now, I just sit on the sidelines
>and occasionally engage in activities that I won't mention on this non-commercial
>list :-) But none of those activities have jack to do with ISOC.
Well your last comment is not exactly correct. The ISOC was and likely is
still a supporter of CORE and the IAHC.
>
>
> (4) I am also a customer of NSI. But I am neither proud nor happy of that fact.
>Were I to set up a website today, I'd almost certainly request a delegation within
>the nyc.ny.us domain. But, since my .com domain is paid for already, I'll continue
>(for now) to do business with NSI, even though . . . well, the less I say about NSI,
>the better it is for my blood pressure. I'd stillmuch rather have a .info domain :-)
Well, you will likely need to be contacting me on the .info TLD as we
have filed a Trademark on it. Not approved as of yet however.
>
>
> Now, Mr. Walsh, are you satisfied? Now, have you ever heard the phrase "ad
>hominem?" Have you nothing of substance to add to the debate? Which wouldn't even
>exist but for Don Heath's initiative?? Hmm?? or should we instead infer from your
>inability to proffer a substantive comment that you are, in fact, stymied?
William often likes to engage in "ad hominem" remarks and personal
attacks of dubious natures from time to time. We are all aware of his
unfortunate delusional nature in this regard....
>
>
> KJC
>
> >>> "William X. Walsh" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 03/16/99 07:24PM >>>
> On 16-Mar-99 Dave Crocker wrote:
> > At 07:12 PM 3/16/99 -0500, Gordon Cook wrote:
> > >well isn't that comforting....don heath saves the internet.....
> > >
> > >do you do business with ISOC Mr. Connolly?
> >
> >
> > Gordon,
> >
> > Perhaps you noticed that your own note was a particularly cheap shot.
>
> I don't think that is a cheap shot at all. If Mr Connelly has a relationship
> with ISOC it should be disclosed so that his comments can be taken in that
> context.
>
> > Do you do business with NSI, Gordon?
>
> Anyone who wants a com/net/org domain does. But doing business in a monopoly
> setting does not imply a bias. As is apparent recently, I have my own
> criticisms for NSI, but I am a customer of their's. And in general I am happy
> with their handling of my business. My criticisms go to other matters.
>
> And this thread was not an NSI vs ISOC issue, Dave, so your comment here is
> particularly not pertinant to the topic.
>
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> E-Mail: William X. Walsh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Date: 16-Mar-99
> Time: 16:20:43
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