>Gordon Cook wrote:
>> As ICANN and Commerce continue their arrogant bluster, they might do well
>> to remember that NSI can terminate its participation in the cooperative
>> agreement whenever it chooses.
>
>Assuming NSI is willing to both lose its antitrust protection and watch NTIA
>enter into a new Cooperative Agreement with ICANN to run the root and
>.com/.net/.org.
kewl.....
that would be the funniest thing ever.... you think NSI would turn off its
computers? I don't. With ICANN's lack of money it would be screamingly
funny to watch them try replicate NSI's imfrastructure, or to award a
contract to IBM or ATT for them to do it on behalf of ICANN.
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