>> Sure, a million users is nothing to sneeze at. I think part of the
>> problem here is the notion that the decision to support 10,000
>> users wasn't ever made public - perhaps it was and I just missed
>> it although that seems unlikely - but, I'm utterly convinced it
>> that hard limit was made public people woild have freaked out
>> and severely questioned and warned about such a small number.
>
>Nobody set a hard limit.
I dunno Kent, when it says "the database is overloaded" it sure seems
to me the software ran up agaisnt a hard limit. No?
>> At the end of the day, planning for 10,000 anf getting 143,000
>> gets you in trouble. Planning for a million and getting 143,000
>> doesn't.
>
>Sure it does. You've wasted money, lots of it.
Sure. Waste money and it'll work or don't and might fail.
>> As for the money, Becky Burr/NTIC/DoC has stated in open fora
>> that if it came right down to it and ICANN couldn't afford
>> to do what it was doing, DoC would not let it fail because
>> of money. I have no reason to believe she was lying.
>
>Of course! It's so simple! ICANN can spend as much money as it wants
>because the DOC will bail them out.
That's what Becky said.
Markle has also said, in public, "if you need more money it's here".
>> Alternatives are always an option. If people were asekd "do
>> you want only the first 10,000 to be able to vote or
>> do you mind if we ask you to send a self addresses stamped
>> envelope or a doller or two if you're outside the US" my
>> off the wall guess is people would pick the latter.
>
>Hindsight is wonderful. Planning with off the wall guesses is a
>breeze.
All we hae is hindsight cause they never made it clear what they
were doing. Now that we know....
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