Re: Conflict resolution?

[Vince Wolodkin <wolodkin@digitalink.com>]

System Administrator wrote:
> 
> >
> > Perry,
> >
> > >things. Don't read too much into it. I think the point of the dates
> > >was that we want to expeditiously come to closure on this and have a
> > >new system in place within a few months.
> >
> > There remain several vexing aspects.
> >
> ...
> >
> > 2) Given the non-urgent nature of the matter, but the
> > critical long-term implications, why must it occur "within
> > a few months?"  The most trivial Internet protocol would get
> > more consideration than this.
> >
> 
> (*sigh* - typical big government, bureaucracy-loving, lets-take-
> 20-years-to-screw-in-a-lightbulb type of attitude...)
> 
> Because we have all been waiting for over a year already and are
> tired of waiting again. We have money invested in infrastructure
> and need to see a ROI.
> 
> We *CAN* invest money in lawyers and courts, but I am confident that
> this will not be neccessary. I laud the committee for sticking to its
> agressive timetable. They appear to recognize the need for a quick
> resolution.
> 
> John

(*sigh* - typical entrepreneurial, money-loving,
lets-make-all-the-money-we-can-no-matter-who-or-what-suffers type of
attitude...

But is that really helpful?  Clearly what's best for the internet is
more important than the investments of a handful of people.  If the
money wasn't yours I am willing to bet you would see this yourself.

Vince Wolodkin