Re: Fast Food Analogy

[Vince Wolodkin <wolodkin@digitalink.com>]

Leo Smith wrote:
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> On the other hand...When 20 - 30 multiple registries exist, and when any
> one registry has no more than 2 or 3 exclusive licenses to specific gTLD
> names, among hundreds of gTLDs, then competition will flourish.
> 
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> Leo Smith, Capital Ventures Group, LLC

You have appeared on the scene rather suddenly, and immediately taken up
the position that the TLD grabbers should be allowed to monopolize what
should be considered a public trust.  I wonder, since you are a venture
capitalist, what the odds are that you have money laid down with with
any of the TLD grabbers.  I think this an appropriate question.  Those
responsible for decisionmaking should carefully consider the source of
comments, and what the primary goal of the commentator is.

Since you favor Hamburger analogies, here's one I have been having some
fun with.  I almost posted it yesterday, but didn't.  Seeing how it's
New Year's Eve and I am feeling rather devilish, well....here goes.

[Fade in]
Once upon a time, on a distant planet, the governing body constructed
what they called a Hamburger factory.  The citizenry of the planet had
never tasted such a delicacy.  It was a greasy slab of matter situated
between two slices of starch product.  Initially, only research
organizations were privy to the delicious delicacies, but more and more
the public at large began to clamor for the tasty morsels.

The government and resource organizations set up a distribution chain,
to get the hamburgers to the people, while the government let a contract
to manage the operation of the hamburger factory.  People would request
their burgers from the contractor, and the distributors, who were, as it
happened, mostly volunteers, would distribute them.

The contract was awarded to MRH, who began happily doing their job. 
Eventually, such a demand arose for hamburgers, that the government
found itself either unwilling or unable to continue funding MRH, and so
allowed MRH to began charging for registrations to purchase hamburgers. 
You see, after you registered(with a small fee), you could use that
license to purchase hamburgers anytime you wanted.  Some actually would
purchase a hamburger license, and then sub-license to many others and
handle distribution for them.

So savvy entreprenneurs, began to see this burgeoning hamburger
industry, and began formulating ways to start their hamburger industry. 
Of course, the government had developed the idea of a hamburger with
public funds, but this didn't stop the businessmen.

They set up their own factory, and their own distribution chain.  But
they needed product.  They finally decided on a scheme and began
demanding access to the official distribution chain for their own
product.

What they did was simple and beautiful.  They realized that they
couldn't actually create a REAL hamburger, but what was the next best
thing?  Well, they began consuming all the hamburgers they could from
the distribution centers, keeping close eye on all orders.  Once they
were good and full of hamburger they would defecate on a starch
product.  Wala, a hamburger.  It was hot and steamy, and seeing as they
ate all the actual hamburgers, they figured their's was a valid product.

Of course, it was just a load of shit.

Happy New Year,

Vince Wolodkin