Re: An observation

[Simon Higgs <simon@higgs.com>]

At 3:14 PM -0800 12/30/96, Dave Crocker wrote:

> At 2:48 PM -0800 12/30/96, Perry E. Metzger wrote:
> >Christopher Ambler writes:
> >> Every time you see a .com in a TV commercial, it promotes the brand.
> >
> >Yes, but they don't run those commercials. NSI (the "they" in your
> >comment) isn't doing any of the "brand development".
>
> 	Let me stress this point further.
>
> 	I'm perfectly willing to believe that there is brand equity with
> .com.  What I do NOT understand is attributing any of that development to
> NSI.  What is is that they have done to achieve this development, as
> opposed to what the intertia of the net has done on its own?
>

Please refer to my message to Perry. The critical and pivotal point to
the need for and the subsequent existance of the IAHC was when NSI
started charging. There are many issues surrounding this, but that
particular event is the key in more ways than one. Unlock that, and you
have a chance of proceeding forward in a sensible direction.

Regards,

Simon

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