RE: [ga] Option A -- "Divestiture'

["Cade,Marilyn S - LGA" <mcade@att.com>]

So, a comment to both David, others, and Chuck

When one has a contract in place, getting a "clean slate" to start from is
unlikely.  Or so I found in my days of running a healthcare business for
AT&T.  :-)


-----Original Message-----
From: Gomes, Chuck [mailto:cgomes@verisign.com]
Sent: Saturday, March 24, 2001 7:45 AM
To: 'DPF'; ga@dnso.org
Subject: RE: [ga] Option A -- "Divestiture'


David,

To be a little more precise, I would say that the new .com agreement gives
VeriSign some of what it wants.  We certainly did not want to give up .net
and .org.  We certainly did not want to have contractual terms that are less
favorable to us.  We would rather not commit to $205M in costs.  Etc.  But
that is what happens when two parties negotiate.  There is give and take on
each side.  Both sides compromise on some issues to get other things they
think are important.

Chuck

 -----Original Message-----
From: 	DPF [mailto:david@farrar.com] 
Sent:	Saturday, March 24, 2001 4:47 AM
To:	ga@dnso.org
Subject:	Re: [ga] Option A -- "Divestiture'

On Fri, 23 Mar 2001 20:16:46 -0500, you wrote:

>As I have reread the original contract, and the FAQs, I think there is
great
>validity that there is considerable vagueness in the original agreement and
>that there is much opportunity for disagreement and different
>interpretations between ICANN staff and  Versign/NSI.  I recall how hard it
>was to negotiate this agreement, though, and while I was aware of that
>vagueness at the time (since I commented extensively on it), there were
many
>improvements made to it, and I believe it was the best that could be done.
>
>My point here: If option B gives less vagueness and more certainty in
>dealing with Verisign/NSI, then that could be a very good change.   

Option B is less vague which is a good thing.  However it is less
vague by effectively giving Verisign what they want (*.com for ever
and keep the registrar business).

On this measure the best contract is one which says we allow Verisign
to do anything they want.  No vagueness at all :-)

DPF
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