Re[2]: [ga-roots] How the sky might fall

[Jefsey Morfin <jefsey@wanadoo.fr>]

Dear WXW,
You are very funny. Thx. Your post would be hoewever very
usefull to all if it documented which current TLD has been
created after justifying its capacity to waste $ 50.000. :-) :-)
Jefsey

PS. I am not aware that ".icann" had been created yet.
        May be I missed it? Is it ZoneMastered in Vegas?

On 13:55 05/06/01, William X. Walsh said:
>Hello Jefsey,
>
>Tuesday, June 05, 2001, 4:29:17 AM, Jefsey Morfin wrote:
> > All boils down to Mike Roberts'  K$ 50. Would the iCANN have
> > carry its job as a per a decent reading of the WhitePaper/ByLaws
> > getting sponsoring as an educational, research or charity service
> > to the community and made TLD registration paid at cost ($ 20
> > as documented by the Linux community) it would financially
> > flourish and none of the current problems would exist.
>
>If you want to have any credibility to your arguments, Jefsey, you
>have to at least make an effort to be realistic.
>
>Personally, I don't find the $50,000 application fee to be as
>excessive as others have.
>
>But a minimum set of both business, financial, and technical standards
>must exist, and before granting the application, those issues must be
>reviewed, investigated, followed up on, etc.
>
>The costs of doing that are not cheap, and an application fee such as
>that does serve a purpose in setting a minimum standard for financial
>solvency.  If the $50,000 fee is too much, then perhaps that company
>is not well suited financially to be running a registry.
>
>While I don't see the $50,000 as necessarily excessive, I would be
>open to backing a proposal for a lower fee in the next round provided
>that a REALISTIC fee was proposed, and all of the other issues were
>addressed (minimum standards).
>
>The alt.root people don't particularly like that argument, since in
>their book being able to get one person to add a couple lines of
>config in a nameserver has been their only requirement, but it would
>help their credibility if they would recognize that minimum standards
>must exist, and help to come up with a REASONABLE set of standards.
>
>If a company doesn't have $250,000 or more in liquid capital or line
>of credit, I don't think they should even be considered.  They lack
>the necessary financial means to insure the operation and development
>of their registry.
>
>
>--
>Best regards,
>William X Walsh
>mailto:william@userfriendly.com
>Owner, Userfriendly.com
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