Re: Anti Capitalism?

["Perry E. Metzger" <perry@piermont.com>]

"Leo Smith" writes:
> Perry...I accept your position that
> ": ...it is the interests of the users of the system that are paramount.
> The primary function of the DNS is not to provide a business opportunity
> but to provide a service to the users of the system."
> 
> In order to provide the service to the user, the necessary funding required
> to provide the service  MUST come from either business, in which case a
> sound business opportunity MUST also be present,

There is a business opportunity. I doubt we are going to have trouble
finding companies willing to do the work. Unless you are going to
argue that there will be no qualified applicants, I don't see what the
problem is. The worst that can happen, of course, is that things are
set up and no one qualified applies and the policies have to be
re-evaluated. I have serious doubts about that happening, though.

> It is in the interests of the users of the system that the system operate
> in a sound business environment, and that the registries succeed. 

It is in the interest of the users that there be registrars. It does
not matter to the users whether they are earning a 3% ROI or a 30%
ROI.

Perry
Speaking for myself, and not for the IAHC