Ron and all, Well I can see how you might feel this way. but one should be very careful in using personal feelings to justify a business decision. Though it is none of my business, I tend to agree with Stef here. I do so because unless or until Chris Ambler and IOD is willing to legally challenge CORE with respect to .WEB, he will forever have no legal claim to .WEB and eventually loose any business leverage as to it's use. This position needs to be qualified or fleshed out legally with respect to .WEB in some sort of a final determination. The fact that IOD and Chris Ambler was not willing to challenge them in open court before as they withdrew their challenge before, it is showing that even the Service mark (SM) is in jepordy. It is my personal hope that Chris Ambler and/or IOD is or becomes wise enough to enguage in such a challange or await the arrival of one from CORE/ICANN (These are likely to become the same thing in the mid term at least with respect to adding new TLD's). ANd that that wisdom includes that they would be better suited to file such a legal action in a venue other than California, such as the 1st US District court. I would add here that I do have serious doubts based on several reasons that are not important at this juncture, that IOD will do so however... Ron Kimball wrote: > On Fri, 02 Apr 1999 15:30:42 -0800, Einar Stefferud <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > >The one remaining question is whether IOD and CORE will jointly state > >that they have a basis for working out an agreement such that they can > >agree to putting the IOD .web in our SuperRoot. > > That would be nice. :-) > > >If IOD and CORE cannot do this, then we should not include it, but > >show it as being in reserve pending resolution. > > It is already there, and I personally can't NOT support IOD on this. > To throw IOD out of the alternate roots at this point would be > unconscionable. > > Happy DNSing, > Ron Regards, -- Jeffrey A. Williams CEO/DIR. Internet Network Eng/SR. Java/CORBA Development Eng. Information Network Eng. Group. INEG. INC. E-Mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] Contact Number: 972-447-1894 Address: 5 East Kirkwood Blvd. Grapevine Texas 75208
