RE: GTLD-SERVERS.NET (RE: $200 million (was [ga] Draft Resolution ))

[Jefsey Morfin <jefsey@wanadoo.fr>]

On 19:29 19/03/01, Gomes, Chuck said:

Take a look at the last slide of the PowerPoint presentation at
http://www.gtldregistries.org/VeriSign_Global_Registry_Update.ppt
Sorry it did not work for me?

Chuck,
I am sorry to say that negative spirits like some of us will think
something like this:

- VeriSign plans to spend M$ 20 a year during 10 years to develop
  their Galaxy.
- why do they want to talk about this now? Would that mean there
  is an advantage to do it?
- if there is an advantage it can only be to make that investment 
in
  a way the support of the iCANN will help VeriSign, right?
- why would iCANN support help VeriSIgn unless that investment 
  without the iCANN support will not please the community?

My personal feeling is that the Galaxy you plan will use a super
DNS system (in competition/replacement of the CRADA) with some
non compatible value added, and that proposing the other TLDs to
join will amount to tell the ISPs "favor the VeriDNSign" and
the 
iCANN "look all the money we agreed to spend for you: please
make sure new TLDs use VeriDNSign".  

As you may recall the iCANN wants to over centralize the DNS 
and kill the Inclusive roots against its bylaws. More and more
abuse of dominant position in the offing. Against MS this was the
Justice Department and some States. In this case it will be
a few Govs. Where is the good for VeriSign, the iCANN and 
for us all? 

Let have the M$ on a reserved fund jointly managed by consensus.

Jefsey

Chuck

 -----Original Message-----
From:   Marc Schneiders [mailto:marc@schneiders.org]
Sent:   Monday, March 19, 2001 1:21 PM
To:     Gomes, Chuck
Cc:     ga@dnso.org
Subject:        GTLD-SERVERS.NET (RE: $200 million (was [ga] Draft
Resolution))

On Mon, 19 Mar 2001, at 10:12 [=GMT-0500], Gomes, Chuck wrote:

> It is a commitment to invest at least $200M total in R&D and
infrastructure
> improvements to improve the .com, .net and .org registries over 10 years.
> Part of that would be used to improve the com/net/org gTLD zone server
> constellation which would be made available to the new .org registry for
one
> year for free and beyond that at terms to be determined later.  Also,
other
> registries would be allowed access to that constellation and thereby take
> advantage of by far the best zone server constellation available.

Is there perhaps a map somewhere, that shows where the
GTLD-SERVERS.NET are? I am just curious, not doubting that it is the
best constellation of zone servers :-)

Marc Schneiders
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