Re: Re[2]: KIS ASS

[Ivan Pope <ivan@netnames.com>]

Jay Fenello wrote:
>I agree with most of what you've said, *except* the motive you attribute
>to the U.S. Government.  After all, this *is* the same Commerce Department
>that has been leading the way in telecommunications deregulation.

>Two years ago, I might have agreed with you.  My experience with
>this process has convinced me otherwise.  Maybe there are some
>extremely dedicated and competent Government people involved with
>this one, or maybe the very nature of the Internet forces
>government to live up to our highest ideals.
>
>Whatever the reason, I think the USG process has been a good one.
>We now have a chance to work with it to effect the best solution
>possible, while being vigilant to the concerns that you raise.

I find it highly amusing that Jay Fenello, Bob Allisat and the rest of the
AlterNIC crowd are suddenly all highly in favour of the USG and their
plans. Of course, this is because they feel they will get a monopoly TLD
out of it. I wonder what their attitude will be when the first five
registries are allocated to AT&T, Dun & Bradstreet, EDS, Yahoo and General
Electric?
Ivan

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