Re: Tired of Waiting

["Richard J. Sexton" <richard@sexton.com>]

At 04:17 PM 7/14/98 -0400, Perry E. Metzger wrote:
>
>"Christopher Ambler" writes:
>> >No, it has just be denied by individuals like you who want to make
>> >money by getting a profitable monopoly on public resources. The bulk
>> >of the community has a pretty obvious interest in the other direction.
>> 
>> Your assessment is as inaccurate as your basis for the claim. What
>> is the difference between a registry making an honest profit and a
>> registrar making an honest profit? If both provide good service,
>> contractually prohibit gouging and harm to the Internet, where is the
>> harm?
>
>If my assessment is inaccurate, would you please explain to me how,
>exactly, a user of .FOO is to switch from one registrar to another
>under your plan?
>
>I don't even care about the money. What about if service is
>dangerously bad? I have clients that have had serious trouble from NSI 
>inaccurately cutting off their domain names. If you can't switch, you
>are locked down. This is a "monopoly" in the usual jargon.

If a *registrar* gives poor performence, you switch registrars.

If a *registry* is no good, you're stuck whether it's Chris or the
CORE registry.


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