Re: ISPs as stakeholders

[Dave Crocker / IMC <dcrocker@imc.org>]

At 09:33 PM 12/9/97 +0000, Jim Dixon wrote:
>and so you ramble on, saying nothing whatsoever about the issue at hand,

rambling on?  well, perhaps.  seems to fit the thread you generated.

>I have now said consistently for several weeks is that if com/net/org
>are to be handed over to CORE, it should be closely scrutinized, and a

sorry, that's not what you've been doing Jim.  sorry you missed the real
nature of what you HAVE been doing.
 
>*	why should the .COM registry, nearly all of whose registrants 
>	are in the USA, be transferred out of North America?

What an interesting view.  Pity no one thought to ask that when
jurisdiction moved from California to Virginia.  Personally I do not think
highly of Virginia law and consider the California courts to be far better.

Feel free to extrapolate the example.

>*	if the .COM registry is to be moved to another jurisdiction, 
>	is Switzerland a good choice?

The basis for choosing Switzerland has been repeatedly and at length.  If
you have a serious and responsible argument against the choice, feel free
to offer a serious and responsible proposal.  Absent either the serious
criticism or the serious counter-proposal, people might be left with no
choice but to think that you are engaging in wasteful carping.

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