Re: Tired of Waiting
nicnic <nr@act.wilton.ct.us> Tue, 14 July 1998 20:50 UTC
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To: Christopher Ambler <cambler@iodesign.com>, perry@piermont.com
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>>No, it has just be denied by individuals like you who want to make >>money by getting a profitable monopoly on public resources. The bulk >>of the community has a pretty obvious interest in the other direction. > > >Your assessment is as inaccurate as your basis for the claim. What >is the difference between a registry making an honest profit and a >registrar making an honest profit? If both provide good service, >contractually prohibit gouging and harm to the Internet, where is the >harm? > >For those of you recent to the discussion, please note that Perry was >a member of the IAHC, the group that proposed that a single registry >be created to handle all TLDs, including COM/NET/ORG (which they >carefully claimed SHOULD be a part). Their plan, as you may be aware, >called for registrars to pay $10,000 each just to participate (and still >does). They're STILL taking this money from registrars, including a >monthly fee, and they have absolutely nothing to show for it. They also >changed their internal pricing in much the same way that they claim >for-profit registries would. These are all public facts, and can be found >by reading the various archived lists. > >Why do I bring this up again? Simply to show that there are seriously >different PHILOSOPHIES at work here, and they are overshadowing >the plain fact that if we could just put them aside, create a stable, fair, >open and transparent governing body, we could then come together >and resolve these problems. > >But people keep bringing them up. Yes, I realize that I should just >ignore them and not reply, but when factual inaccuracies are posted >(and I'm sure Perry will claim I've done the same, natch) and >personal attacks like the above (where Perry presumes to claim >to know what it is that I want) are posted, and philosophical >opinions are taken as fact (like the namespace is a public resource), >the loudest voice seems to claim victory. > >As I've said, let's stop it, and move on to more productive issues, >okay? > >-- >Christopher Ambler, Personal Opinion Only >-- >NOTICE: The user of this email address is a resident of the State of >Washington. Washington law provides for up to $500 per incident in >the case of Unsolicited Commercial Email (also known as spam). >This individual WILL file a complaint. > > And well written too ! Nicolas Reisini techinvest.com us-directory.com act.nyc.ny.us wall-street.nyc.ny.us
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