Re: Iperdome Press Release!

["Richard J. Sexton" <richard@sexton.org>]

At 03:10 PM 7/9/97 -0400, Perry E. Metzger wrote:
>
>Vince Wolodkin writes:
>> From what I understand the Justice Department inquiry has indirectly
>> caused NSF to ask NSI NOT to any any new TLDs to the roots during the
>> investigation.  This sounds rather like intervention to me.  The gTLD
>> cannot get it's TLDs in the roots at least until the investigation is
>> closed.  This was reported by Reuters.
>
>Don't believe everything you read. Among other things, remember that
>NSI doesn't control the root -- IANA does.
>
>Perry

Nonsense. You *prove* IANA can get say, .web or any other TLD added
to the NSI roots and I'll believe you. Until then it's just your
opinion expresses in the form of an unproven assertion.

While what you are saying was true in theory and practice a while
ago, IANA's suboptimal handling of things such as the horribly 
flawed dispute policy (tm) and the retroactive tax and most
notably the IAHC power grab, the truth value in what you
expess above has changed.

Prove me wrong and you'll get the nicest apolology you've ever
seen out of me.


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