Re: Xenophobia and sticking to the point

[Jim Dixon <jdd@matthew.uk1.vbc.net>]

On Wed, 10 Dec 1997, Stephen Cole wrote:

> Alternatively, we could just stick to the issues. This argument has
> degenerated to the question: Are "The Swiss" worthy stewards of the TLDs? It
> might surprise some to find that there are those who worry about "The
> Americans" having control. You're *never* going to answer this. Stick to the
> point.

Try to remember what the point was.  

To reiterate:

1	If CORE wants to run a .shop/firm/whoopsy registry out of Geneva,
	who cares?  The market will sort out whether this is an attractive
	proposition.

2	If CORE wants to take over com/net/org, whose registrants are 
	overwhelmingly American, then that takeover needs to be justified,
	and any transfer of the rights of this huge block of customers
	to a distant jurisdiction needs to be justified.

3	If CORE wants to have all rights over all gTLDs forever, that 
	is, to me at least, simply unacceptable.

We were talking about point 2: whether CORE should be able to transfer
the com/net/org registry to Geneva.

The world doesn't need to replace NSI's monopoly with a cartel in Geneva.  

Several COREs run along different models and located in different parts
of the world would be a good replacement for CORE.  Even a duopoly, with
NSI retaining com/net/org and CORE running the rest of the gTLDs, would
be superior to CORE all by itself.

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