Re: Anti Capitalism?

[Kevin Brown <kevinbr@netcomm.ie>]

There is a fundemental flaw in this reasoning ie Supermarkets Books etc.

I am NetComm.ie. Have been for 6-7 years. If .ie fails or goes away, I am
screwed big. We go to shop or buy from these places to buy items. We have
choices. If a supermarket fails it does not affect my place of business, I
go elsewhere to shop. Meanwhile MY customers still find me after I have
eaten because the DNS is stable and works. If I fail, I want to know that
it was because of me, not because of the DNS or the phones or the address.

I had a business fail in Ireland once because I was forced out of an office
due to a dispute with someone, and the phone company took 2 months ( 60
days...hmmmmm 60 days  sounds familiar) to get a new line in. I lost the
majority of my customers, and a father in law ( I got divorced)

Lesson: Never rent from you father in law, and never place you business
needs on anything that takes 60 days to get done.

DNS names and registries are like telephone numbers or addresses. I would
like to see the emphasis on TLD longevity and stability.

We don't meet our customers in a supermarket....( hint....Sure dude, I be
hanging out in Safeway today by the cheese counter, I am sure we can do
business)

We do not need to make a climate like restraunts which fail 90% of the
time, usually due to optimism on the part of the entrepenour.

So in the shared model, has the IAHC concluded what the projected failure
rate of registries will be, and will the other registries be sttrong enough
to pick up the pieces.

Hank, business 101 you were saying?


At 3:51 +0300 30/12/96, Leo Smith wrote:
>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, or else the funding has to
>come from government grants. Since government grants are not proposed by
>IAHC to cover startup costs for a registry, IAHC MUST construct a sound
>business structure in order for registries to succeed.
>
>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.
>
>Treat this for what it is...a business endeavor...and use as a model the
>licensing systems with proven success records...Royalty based exclusive
>licensing is the way this would be done in almost any other business
>environment, from licensing a MacDonald's franchisee for a particular
>geographic area, to licensing a NFL poster for exclusive rights in Canada,
>to licensing a Holiday Inn on an exclusive basis for a given geographic
>radius, to licensing a Dunkin Donuts. All of these businesses have
>customers too.
>
>When you pull up to MacDonalds or Dunkin Donuts next time, think about the
>fact that were the franchisor and franchisee not able to create a sound
>business plan for their mutual benefit...you wouldn't be able to enjoy a
>Big Mac or cup of Dunkin Donuts coffee.
>
>>From Leo Smith
>
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>----------
>: From: Perry E. Metzger <perry@piermont.com>
>: To: Leo Smith <barter@ntplx.net>
>: Cc: iahc-discuss@iahc.org
>: Subject: Re: An Open Letter to the IAHC
>: Date: Sunday, December 29, 1996 7:15 PM
>:
>:
>: "Leo Smith" writes:
>: > Ultimately, the question to IAHC is: "to what degree does IAHC
>: > consider the importance of providing sound business architecture for
>: > the framework under which registries will operate?".  What's your
>: > personal thoughts on that question?
>:
>: I've stated in this forum that in my opinion 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.
>:
>:
>: Perry
>: Speaking for myself, not for the IAHC


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