Re: An Open Letter to the IAHC

[Dave Crocker <dcrocker@imc.org>]

At 10:15 AM -0800 12/29/96, John Palmer wrote:
>WHY would anyone want to be a registry when there is NO INCENTIVE?
>
>How does a registry make any money when it doesnt own a particular
>resource to sell??

	This, I fear, is a long-standing refrain used to justify
proprietary technology over open technology.  Profit margins for
proprietary products tend to be higher than for open, since the pressure
for open systems comes directly from customers seeking alternative sources
and lower prices.

	But the claim that there is no reasonable business case remaining,
when exclusive control over the core resource is removed, suggests a
failure to understand the fundamental nature of a service business.

d/


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