Re: Anti Capitalism?

[Karl Denninger <karl@Mcs.Net>]

> On Sun, 29 Dec 1996, Leo Smith wrote:
> 
> > 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.
> 
> Good grief!  Are we getting socialistic or what?
> 
> > 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. 
> 
> Registries do not have a divine right to make money.  Each registry 
> entering the business will have to evaluate their risk/reward as any 
> other business.  Nobody is bending anybody's arm to get into the 
> registry business.
> 
> I take the incredible number of e-mail messages that this list 
> generates as a sign that there is quite a bit of money to be made 
> from this business.  Will all the participants make the same?  
> Probably not.  The oppositions voiced (mainly) are probably efforts 
> to maximize the return, by folks planning to run registries.

Oh really?

How about the people who hold the DBM tables for the registries?

Note how the designation of who gets to do that (and how much they get to
charge registries for the service) is conspicuously absent?

I wonder why...

Uh huh.

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