Re: Commercial Endeavor

[Jeff Williams <jwkckid1@ix.netcom.com>]

Leo,

  Please read below your comments.

Leo Smith wrote:
> 
> Bill...You wrote to John Palmer:
>         I believe you start from a faulty premise, which is that
>         the Internet is strictly a commercial endevor.  While there
>         are some commercial aspects to the Internet, it is by no means
>         commercialized on an international basis.

  Generaly this is correct.  But that is also a logical error as well
known as "Glittering Generalities".  Thie Internet is being used for
commercial perposes WORLD WIDE.  We have sites in several countries.
That makes it a commercialized on an international basis.  I would
agree not to a large extent, YET!

> 
> To which Leo Smith replied:
> With due respect, Bill, I would suggest that the faulty premise may rest in
> your assumption that because the Internet has non commercial aspects,
> Internet registries, therefor, also have non commercial aspects.
> 
> The Internet certainly has aspects to its use that may not be commercial.
> However,  as it is proposed right now, the operation of a registry is 100%
> a commercial endeavor. There are no government grants or other private
> charitable contributions in place to support the financial start up needs
> of the new registry business operation. Funding comes from stockholders, be
> they private or public, that elect to invest the required capital because
> of the return anticipated. The operation of a registry, currently proposed,
> is nothing more and nothing less than a commercial, business venture.
> 
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Jeffrey A. Williams
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