Re: Xenophobia and sticking to the point

[Bob Allisat <bob@wtv.net>]

Jim Dixon wrote:
> 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.

 1. Agreed. CORE, like all other
    group, must be free to make
    their own business decisions
    no matter how disasterous.
    And yes they can also peddle
    .WHOGIVESAHOOT if they like!

 2. Moving .COM/.NET/.ORG to CORE
    in Switzerland will never happen.
    If we North Americans have
    problems dealing with Internic
    now we will have nightmares
    with CORE's chocolate gnome
    Swiss version times ten. No.
    As in go. As in never.

 3. Allowing the entire namespace
    (not to mention IP addressing
    and general Internet governance)
    to fall forever into the hands
    of a monopolistic cartel will
    doom the fate of the Internet
    as a relatively free and open
    media of communications. Some
    phrases that spring to mind:
 
        "Over my dead body"

       "Pass the salt Eugene."

      "Give me net.liberty or
       give me cyber.death !"


 Al: you're a busy guy and the staffer
 that has to go through the reams of
 e-mail you must be innundated with
 has my pity. But this is one issue
 that cannot be back-burnered any
 longer. Address the problems by
 ensuring a).COM/.NET/.ORG stay
 with a reformed Internic; b) Many
 Domain Registries are allowed to
 exist to open free competition
 on the Internet Namespace; c)CORE
 is allowed to exist but only as
 one of many, many alternatives. 

 TeleVirtually Yours,

 Bob Allisat

 Director, World TeleVirtual Network             http://www.wtv.net
 PO Box 191 St E Toronto Canada M6H 4E2                 info@wtv.net