RE: [ga] Critics say VeriSign still has...

[gavin.stokes@autodesk.com]

The policy proposals for the new TLDs may have been misreported; I wouldn't be surprised.

What did they actually say?


-----Original Message-----
From: William X. Walsh [mailto:william@userfriendly.com]
Sent: Tuesday, April 10, 2001 5:48 PM
To: gavin.stokes@autodesk.com
Cc: sotiris@hermesnetwork.com; ga@dnso.org
Subject: Re: [ga] Critics say VeriSign still has...


Hello gavin,

Tuesday, April 10, 2001, 4:16:09 PM, gavin.stokes@autodesk.com wrote:

> "Sounds like johnny-come-lately whining and snivelling to me.  Take it like a man, son!  So, you missed the boat on .COM...  Don't worry, there will be others."

> You've got to be kidding.  First of all, this statement is dead wrong.  In case you weren't paying attention, the proposal for the new TLDs called for something like a 30-day grace period in which
> holders of current domains could snap up the same URL in the new domains "to avoid confusion".  Give me a break.  The net result?  The very same shortage of domain names, thanks to hoarding.

That's not what the policies say, Gavin.

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Best regards,
 William                            mailto:william@userfriendly.com

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