William and all,
William X. Walsh wrote:
> On Tue, 13 Jul 1999 15:18:23 -0700 (PDT), Greg Skinner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> wrote:
>
> >How does Mike Roberts know this?
>
> Um, this is common knowledge and common sense (admittedly something
> Roberts might very well be lacking based on experience, but we must
> assume he has them).
Assume nothing. Verify everything to the greatest amount of detail
possible. Anything less is a precursor to poor judgment. Hence,
I do not make any such assumption.
>
>
> >He can't predict the future. The IANA root might very well be
> >subsumed by another root. Domain names might fade away (like letter
> >telephone exchanges did).
>
> Not likely, for the reasons I pointed out previously.
As to the "Likeliness" of this occurring at this juncture is not
possible
to determine. Hence such a statement is based on an awful lot
of presumption. Again, a unwise and poor practice.
>
>
> >You are making it sound as if he (and ICANN in general) are part of a
> >plot to restrict entry into the registry business. Another way of
> >looking at it is that they are staying out of the way of alternative
> >registries.
>
> ICANN has made it VERY clear they ARE restricting entry into the
> registry business.
They (ICANN) is trying to make policy that would restrict entry into the
REGISTRAR business. As to those attempts being successful, remains
to be seen. In that current US law would view this as a potential
restraint
of trade, it is possible that such attempts will not be fruitful in
perpetuity.
For instance, today I received a post and a registered latter from the
New case Antitrust division of the DOJ concerning this issue specifically.
They are currently reviewing again the ICANN's "Accreditation Agreement"
of said concerns that Congress, ourselves [INEGroup], amongst many
other groups of legal minds have pointed out and filed briefs on....
> Your arguments about alternative registries is
> about as disingenious as Tony saying NSI has competition because there
> are 80 ccTLDs that permit global registrations.
Apples and oranges here. Poor judgment in making this comparison
is plainly evident.
>
>
> --
> William X. Walsh
> General Manager, DSo Internet Services
> Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fax:(209) 671-7934
>
> "The fact is that domain names are new and have unique
> characteristics, and their status under the law is not yet clear."
> --Kent Crispin (June 29th, 1999)
Regards,
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