I’m confused, is pool.com FOR or AGAINST competition?

[Simon Rakower <simon@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

In a pool.com CEO Taryn Naidu’s recent letter to the ICANN board, he  
states an objection to the settlement on the grounds that the renewal  
terms are anti-competitive.

Yet in the next paragraph, he says:

"... giving VeriSign free reign to create periphery registry  
services, you are opening up this sector of the market to unfair  
competition...”

So which is it Mr. Naidu?  Don't you think competition is a good  
thing?  Or do you want an over –regulated marketplace?

From the letter Mr. Naidu submitted, it would appear that  
competition is only good for opponents, not for pool.com.

Let’s get on with this –  ICANN should sign the settlement, get some  
badly needed cash into ICANN, and move the internet forward.

Pool.com will continue to be the sleazy ticket scalper standing in  
front of the stadium – nice when you need a ticket, but not exactly a  
fundamental part of the show.

Simon Rakower

President,
AWS/FTBS
Fairbanks, AK