Russ and all, "This Guy" as you put it is the head of the gip see http://www.gip.org for more information. His name John Patrick. I agree with you for the most part. John's post was a very nice TRY at shmoozing. Some will believe it, most in "The Know" will not. Nice piece of political BS there John! >;) Sorry though, no cigar here fella! I didn't just fall off the turnip truck guy! By the way, how is that new Bike, John!? >;) And yes Russ, you are right on with respect to Esther. She is basically clueless. Always has been. But she passes off a a nice lady, but always has that knife ready to stick in your back, as we have already seen. It's apaulling and denigrating! But hay, what the heck, eh, the stakeholder doesn't really matter anyway, right Esther and John? domainiac wrote: > >A lot of what I have read is > >inaccurate and I'd like to use this posting to clarify what's really going > >on. > > What is really going is that the IBM lobbyist helped but Esther Dyson in > charge of ICANN (she testified before Congress about this). She was put in > charge even though it is well known that the only things she brings to the > table are her schmoozing abilities. She knows nothing about the technical > issues, intellectual property, etc. and shows this every time she grants an > interview or writes an article. Since then I believe IBM has given her an > 'award.' Now they want to buy into ICANN. The only reason IBM wants this > system is so they can buy their way in easier. They realize there will be a > loss of power due to the nature of the Internet. > > Who is this guy trying to kid? > > Russ Smith > http://consumer.net Regards, -- Jeffrey A. Williams Spokesman INEGroup (Over 95k members strong!) 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
