Re: The view from my window

[Hank Nussbacher <hank@ibm.net.il>]

At 09:20 PM 12/22/96 -0500, Aveek Datta wrote:
>I also think the lottery is a bad idea, almost as bad as the FCFS which
>all these experimental registries advocate. The best is to draft some
>sort of ranking system (0-100 Point System?) for registries and then
>accept the highest ranking registry. On ties within a certain fuzzy
>factor, we can then use eitehr FCFS (which I think is fair) or lottery. 

By accepting the highest ranking, you will be favoring those with the most
employees, the largest capital, and fastest lines, etc.  Is this what people
prefer, that companies like Sprint, MCI, Microsoft, IBM, etc. be preferred
over companies with 20 very talented people and startup capital?  We felt a
lottery whereby only qualified companies could participate would be the
fairest.  Can you come up with a different model, whereby you select 20-30
registrars and
still keep everyone happy?

>
>This is the system I've advocated for a long time now and will submit my
>idea formally to IAHC soon. This time before the deadline.
>
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Hank Nussbacher
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