Re: Fast Food Analogy

[Jeff Williams <jwkckid1@ix.netcom.com>]

Vince,

  Please read below your comments.

Vince Wolodkin wrote:
> 
> 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.

  I can't agree more here.  But in taking that care, one should also
review his/her own perspective as well.  And we all have one!
> 
> > 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.

  Yes, you are probably right here.  BUt that would not be a fair
or realistic representation of ALL users, would it?

  It is my belief that the views of ALL users should be tken into
account, commercial and Public intrest or non-commercial alike.
Weight on formulating an opinion should not be predicated on a 
spicific user segment in this case.  Commercial users are a viable
part of the user base as much as non-commercial users.  No more
and no less.  
> 
> Part of being objective is recognizing those who aren't.

  By reasonable defination you are not displaying objectivity
here in your comments.  You are mainly displaying one side
of the argument.
> 
> > --
> > Christopher Ambler
> > President, Image Online Design, Inc.
> 
> Vince Wolodkin

Regards,
-- 
Jeffrey A. Williams
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Information Eng. Group. 
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