Re: Thoughts at the moment...

[tor@wtv.net (Bob Allisat)]

Vince wrote:
>(edit)
>Well, this is simply untrue.  .COM could become a shared domain at the
>end of NSI's current contract.  This gives everyone plenty of time to
>develop the appropriate protocols and procedures, and takes care of the
>monopoly nicely.  In fact, that 30% fund that NSI has been collecting
>would help nicely in the development of the necessary protocols.

 Two years and 60 million
 later...  70% gne in windfall
 profits that could have gone to
 establishing NIC's world wide.
 Wake up Vince. Please. We're
 talking hard currency being
 drained out of nations world
 wide. Unacceptable.

>Oh, somebody always wins, I think you mean YOU wouldn't win.  I think
>Mr. Fitzherbert is correct, there are only a handful of people shouting
>for new iTLDs, and they are the same ones who have been doing it all
>along.  Coincidentally(or NOT), they are the same ones who have invested
>money in what may become a dead end venture, all the while assuming they
>would get new iTLDs to own.

 Please address those people
 like myself who are not in it
 for the money but simply to
 provide alternate Domain Name
 Services. I claim .FCN and .WTV.
 .FCN will be a free service for
 community networks. .WTV will be
 a value added service with all
 profits above operating expenses
 acruing to maintain .FCN. Please
 explain how this will harm anyone
 or anything out there. Try.

                             Bob Allisat

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