Re: Fast Food Analogy

[Vince Wolodkin <wolodkin@digitalink.com>]

Christopher Ambler wrote:
> 
> >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.
> 
> What's the difference of a VC throwing in on the side of existing
> registries, and someone else throwing in on the other side? Both
> have their motivations and agendas. To call the VC's position any
> less valid than anyone else's is gross prejudice. To call existing
> registries "TLD grabbers" simply points out your prejudiced position.
> 

Yes, I am extremely prejudiced.  I firmly believe that no-one should be
granted ownership/exclusivity/ or whatever you wish to call it over what
i BELIEVE should be a public trust.  This belief is IRREGARDLESS of what
NSI has done.  Didn't your parents ever tell you that two wrongs don't
make a right.  

Any rulemaking body I have ever known carefully considers not only
comments, but motives of comments.  I believe, and apparently so does
the draft, that the IAHC's prime concern should be for domain holders
NOT for registry operators.  If one's primary motivation is in
opposition to the goal of a rulemaking, great care must be taken when
examining their comments.  

> Objectivity is a difficult position to maintain, isn't it?
> 
Especially when you have money on the line.  Fortunately I don't.  Like
I have said before, I firmly believe that if you removed all people from
this discussion who have money on the line or who want to own or part
own a TLD, that their will be almost NOONE on the list who will support
exclusive ownership.  

Part of being objective is recognizing those who aren't.

> --
> Christopher Ambler
> President, Image Online Design, Inc.

Vince Wolodkin