On Wed, 8 Oct 2003, Howard C. Berkowitz wrote: > Gomes' position truly bothers me if a registry, given that it meets > the formal definition of a technical monopoly, is planning around > competitive advantage.
I think its definately a sign that the verisign hegemony over domain registration needs to be removed. If they're going to be so irresponsible as to misuse a public trust, they need to be nixed. > Other speakers pointed out that the functionality of Sitefinder could > be implemented at the edge, not breaking the end-to-end assumption > and still allowing innovation. Internet Explorer, for example, has > such functionality. > > MS and VS. Reminds me of some recent wars where observers were sad > that only one side could lose. :-) I think that might be one way to have Verisign quashed - use the monopolies to smash eachother. Think about how much money MS lost due to sitefinder...