Fw: [ifwp] Jon Postel and NSI

["Jim Fleming" <JimFleming@unety.net>]

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From: Jim Fleming <JimFleming@unety.net>
To: IFWP Discussion List <list@ifwp.org>
Cc: DOMAIN-POLICY@LISTS.INTERNIC.NET <DOMAIN-POLICY@LISTS.INTERNIC.NET>;
IFWP Discussion List <list@ifwp.org>
Date: Sunday, August 02, 1998 8:16 PM
Subject: [ifwp] Jon Postel and NSI


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>-----Original Message-----
>From: Richard J. Sexton <richard@vrx.net>
><snip>
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>>5) David Holtzman of NSI will tell more stories about
>>how to told Postel to get stuffed when he asked NSI to
>>do things.
>>
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>People serious about the Registry Industry
>should be familiar with all of the materials
>below. David Holtzman has provided some
>of these materials and describes in detail
>his interactions with Jon Postel.
>
>http://name.space.xs2.net/law/answers/
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>>From an IAHC and CORE point of view.
>It is clear that Jon Postel did not have control
>of the legacy Root Name Servers when the
>CORE registrars were promised that their
>TLDs would be entered into those servers.
>You can follow the history of how Jon Postel
>attempted to obtain control of the servers
>after he and Don Heath signed the IAHC
>agreements.
>
>In my opinion, one of the highest priority
>items that Jon Postel needs to fix is the
>return of the money to the CORE registrars.
>Apparently, that was not one of the main
>topics at the Geneva meeting this year.
>Last year, Geneva was all about selling
>franchises and getting money to develop
>software. This year, the main event seemed
>to be some award that the ITU gave Jon
>Postel. The money and promises seem to
>be forgotten.
>
>I do not see how the Registry Industry can
>continue to dance around these issues.
>The IFWP has not come close to addressing
>them. They are still at the level of "Hey, this
>Internet is way-cool dudes."
>
>
>Jim Fleming
>Unir Corporation - http://www.unir.com
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