Re: .africa gTLD

[Dr Nii Narku Quaynor <quaynor@ncs.com.gh>]

I confirm that Randy Bush has done more for African networking than
anyone esle. Infact, most of the countries fully connected did so
with assistance from Randy. He is a good guy and the wrong guy
to hit. He is still helping more countries.

Nii

Olivier MJ Crepin-Leblond wrote:
> 
> jp@PalmerOwns.The.Earth (John Palmer) wrote:
> 
> >
> > Speaking of Africa, I went on an unsuccessful "rescue mission" for
> > the TZ domain (Tanzania).
> >
> > An organization (university) in Dar es Salaam contacted me about
> > setting up the TZ top-level domain. I applied for it, but was ignored
> >
> > Later, I found out that Randy Bush (
> > if you think this Swiss guy in Rawanda is bad, you should see the
> > cTLD's that Bush has "acquired").
> 
> You are hitting on the wrong guy, John. Randy Bush has done more
> for African Networking than everybody else on the IAHC list put together.
> If he is zone or technical contact for a TLD/ domain, it is because he
> has actually helped put the system together in Africa. In some case he
> has been the key element to the development of networking in some
> African countries. Not just like playing with TLDs like the alternative
> domain cabal which many people are part of here.
> 
> It is comments such as yours that make me think that this discussion has
> no place on the IAHC list because nobody (apart from Dr. Quaynor) has
> a clue about what they are talking about.
> 
> I have pretty much ignored this discussion until now, but your comment
> is just too offensive to ignore.
> 
> Regards,
> 
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