Re: [ga] VeriSign May Ditch Domain Deal

[Bruce James <bmj@keyname.net>]

""The major sticking point arose from a letter that the Justice Department sent to the Department of Commerce warning that the deal would harm competition in the nascent business of registering Internet names, people familiar with the negotiations said. The letter opposed the so-called vertical integration of VeriSign's managing of the ".com" database and registering new names in the database, sources said.""

""Commerce officials were said to be asking for more concessions from VeriSign, such as giving up control of the ".net" domain sooner than 2005.""

 

/Bruce

----- Original Message -----

From: Bruce James

To: GA

Sent: May 16, 2001 07:46

Subject: [ga] VeriSign May Ditch Domain Deal

VeriSign May Ditch Domain Deal
By Aaron Pressman
May 15 2001 04:57 PM PDT

The Commerce Department's review of the agreement that extends the computer security firm's control of the '.com' domain has the company thinking twice, sources say.

MORE at:

http://www.thestandard.com/article/0,1902,24500,00.html

 

/Bruce