Re: [IFWP] Fwd: Re: Power Politics and the New Internet Order

[William X. Walsh]

On 31-Mar-99 Kent Crispin wrote:
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>  (*) The MoU failed because the competing interests refused to be
>  balanced, and caused the USG to get involved.  This remains true with
>  ICANN -- ICANN will only succeed because the USG has sufficient power
>  to force a resolution.  There *IS NO CONSENSUS* on this stuff --
>  there are genuinely irreconcilable points of view.  It is clear that 
>  the "public trust" model is by far the majority opinion, but the 
>  dissent is loud and well financed.


I sincerly hope you don't actually BELIEVE this?

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William X. Walsh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
General Manager, DSo Internet Services
Date: 31-Mar-99
Time: 11:49:43
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"We don't accept any property claim to (registry information).
Network Solutions has been exploiting this to drive their own business."
--Michael Roberts, ICANN
http://abcnews.go.com/sections/tech/DailyNews/netsol990326.html