Re: dot-org TLD sale halted by ICANN

2020-05-01 Thread John Levine
In article you write: >Wasn't the price cap removal what started this mess in for first place? Not really. Under the old price cap the maximum price this year would be about $16 but in fact the actual price is $10. Competitive pressures are the important factor in setting registry prices.

Re: dot-org TLD sale halted by ICANN

2020-05-01 Thread Bill Woodcock
> On May 1, 2020, at 1:19 PM, Lee wrote: > On 5/1/20, Bill Woodcock wrote: >> >>> On May 1, 2020, at 6:19 AM, Andy Ringsmuth wrote: >>> https://www.theregister.co.uk/2020/05/01/icann_stops_dot_org_sale/ >>> I know this has been bantered about on the list in the past. Great (IMHO) >>> to see

Re: dot-org TLD sale halted by ICANN

2020-05-01 Thread Bill Woodcock
> On May 1, 2020, at 1:56 PM, james jones wrote: > > I don't know if this feasible, I would rather see the ORG TLD in the hands of > a nonprofit. That is just a personal feeling. I don't how practical that > would be though. That was, right up until the very last moment, a hard requirement

Re: dot-org TLD sale halted by ICANN

2020-05-01 Thread james jones
I don't know if this feasible, I would rather see the ORG TLD in the hands of a nonprofit. That is just a personal feeling. I don't how practical that would be though. -James On Fri, May 1, 2020 at 7:20 AM Lee wrote: > On 5/1/20, Bill Woodcock wrote: > > > > > >> On May 1, 2020, at 6:19 AM,

Re: dot-org TLD sale halted by ICANN

2020-05-01 Thread Lee
On 5/1/20, Bill Woodcock wrote: > > >> On May 1, 2020, at 6:19 AM, Andy Ringsmuth wrote: >> https://www.theregister.co.uk/2020/05/01/icann_stops_dot_org_sale/ >> I know this has been bantered about on the list in the past. Great (IMHO) >> to see this happen. > > Yeah, this is an excellent result

Re: dot-org TLD sale halted by ICANN

2020-05-01 Thread Bill Woodcock
> On May 1, 2020, at 6:19 AM, Andy Ringsmuth wrote: > https://www.theregister.co.uk/2020/05/01/icann_stops_dot_org_sale/ > I know this has been bantered about on the list in the past. Great (IMHO) to > see this happen. Yeah, this is an excellent result in the first-half of the fight. Now that

dot-org TLD sale halted by ICANN

2020-04-30 Thread Andy Ringsmuth
https://www.theregister.co.uk/2020/05/01/icann_stops_dot_org_sale/ I know this has been bantered about on the list in the past. Great (IMHO) to see this happen. Andy Ringsmuth 5609 Harding Drive Lincoln, NE 68521-5831 (402) 304-0083 a...@andyring.com “Better even die free, than to live