Roeland and all,
Roeland M.J. Meyer wrote:
> At 02:44 PM 3/22/99 -0500, Antony Van Couvering wrote:
> >Actually, Stef, I agree with you about the necessity of new gTLDs in the
> >root. I don't think that's controversial. In fact, I dare you to find
> >anyone who disagrees with that (though you may find some variation on how
> >long it should take, and how).
>
> That is only true since this week-end. Infact, Mr. Broomfield may still
> argue with this. Certainly, Ronda would disagree.
>
> >What I'm interested in knowing is not what is to be done about the root of
> >the problem, pun intended, but about NSI's unannounced and damaging (to any
> >competitor) evisceration of the InterNIC.
>
> IMHO, NSI has decided that they no longer need the InterNIC for revenue and
> that they own/control COM/NET/ORG.
In effect, or for all practical purposes NSI does own COM/NET/ORG, as
they own the registry and the database related to that registry.
>
>
> >To be honest, I'm especially interested to find out if those people who've
> >been taking NSI travel and accommodation money are muzzling themselves over
> >what seems to me (and plenty of others) to be a clear case of abuse of
> >monopoly power.
>
> I think you'll find that those folks have not had the time to respond
> properly yet and many of them agree with what has already been said. "me
> too" responses are generally not given. The lack of one does not perforce
> indicate support for the opposing position.
>
> >So far everyone who's been very eager to denounce the perfidies of ICANN,
> >which to date hasn't done, and hasn't been able to do, anything one way or
> >the other to improve or disturb business on the Internet, has been noticably
> >silent, or has retreated into vague statements of principle. I don't
> >believe NSI has sent out any "directives" to its "operatives", but
> >self-censorship is a funny and insidious thing. Any decent social history
> >of the Eastern Bloc will confirm that. I recall seeing messages from you
> >recently about how you criticized NSI when it did something wrong, and
> >supported it when it did something right.
> >
> >So I say to you, either criticize them if you think what they did is wrong,
> >or tell me why you think it's the right thing.
>
> Political positions and alliances are a strange set of beasts. They also
> have many facets. One can not make assumptions that just because one has a
> collaborration on one hand, that a disagreement on the other hand is not
> possible. Likewise, disagreement on one front does not necessitate
> disagreements on ALL fronts.
This is of course one of many natures of politics. It makes strange
bedfellows, doesn't it? >;)
>
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