Re: Conflict resolution?

[shaw <ROBERT.SHAW@ITU.CH>]

Chris,

>This might have been a good ASSUMPTION at the time, but, as I've said,
>rather than assume I asked. As it turns out, my application was not only
>accepted, but was acknowledged as first and only, given permission to
>begin operations, and payment accepted. Again, what would you have had me do?
                       ^^^^^^^

Sigh...hate to see this get rehashed again and again but just so that 
iahc-discuss subscribers don't get mislead, this was the message that 
Jon Postel of IANA sent to several lists after this 'incident'...

>Hello:
>
>The suggestion that the IANA is accepting money to reserve new
>top-level domain is completely false.
>
>The IANA has not accepted any money in any form from anyone for domain
>name registration, name reservation, or other top level domain related
>function.
>
>--jon.

Robert
IAHC member, speaking for myself