Re: Tired of Waiting

[Jay Fenello <Jay@Iperdome.com>]

At 09:54 AM 7/14/98 -0400, Noel Chiappa wrote:
>In other words, it's *critical* that the *Registry* for a new TLD be operated
>as a public trust, not as someone's way to "make money fast".
>
>(If you don't see why for-profit, but competing, Registries don't work, ask
>yourself how you'd feel once your snappy URL http://my_name.new_tld/foo/bar
>is embedded in 10,000 web pages world-wide, and your for-profit Registry then
>ups the rate to $1,000 per month....)


Hi Noel,

You are using faulty logic.

While everyone agrees that it would be bad for a 
private registry to increase renewal costs to $1000,
forcing registries to operate on a bureaucratically
controlled public trust model is NOT the only solution.  

Your argument is misleading at best.


Regards,

Jay Fenello
President, Iperdome, Inc.  
404-250-3242  http://www.iperdome.com

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