Re: Hey, check *THIS* out....

[tor@wtv.net (Bob Allisat)]

John Palmer wrote:
>Got a call yesterday from someone in the GAO. They offered me big
>(i mean MAJOR LEAGUE big) bucks for control of the GOV.USA SLD.
>
>They said basically, "Mr. Palmer, we know you don't want to have to
>deal with running an umbrella domain which will encompass the entire
>US Federal Government. Our office is willing to run that domain for
>the entire govt and our office has been authorized to offer you
>$xxx,xxx for complete control of it".
>
>I reminded them that USA was not an official TLD yet and that there were
>no guarentees about who would be running it, although we have a trademark
>on it. The person said that they are aware of this and they KNOW what the
>outcome will be. In spite of my warning, they still made the offer.
>
>I accepted. We signed a memorandum of agreement yesterday. I have permission
>to announce this.

 Bravo John! The IAHC is
 looking more and more
 inconsequential as each
 day passes. Wonder if the
 next group to be thrown
 the TLD hot potato will
 *finally* just accept new
 Domain names as fact and
 get on with it?

                             Bob Allisat

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