[ga] Re: [WLS Conference Call]

[Don Brown <donbrown_l@inetconcepts.net>]

George,

I thought you did a good, and upstanding, job at explaining the
problems with WLS.  The two most disturbing are effectively
anti-consumer and anti-competition.

Those folks with nothing to gain, see the whole picture, including the
downside.  You are, obviously, one of them.

Personally, I support your view 100%.  WLS should have been a
non-issued long ago.

Thanks,


Tuesday, May 21, 2002, 3:59:43 PM, Loren Stocker <loren@800.net> wrote:
LS> Hi George,

LS> Great question today!!!! 

LS> There is no answer. It's like asking a drunk, "what would it take to quit
LS> drinking?"

LS> Best, Loren
LS> The Most Evil One!
LS> www.EVIL.biz

LS> George Kirikos <gkirikos@yahoo.com> wrote:
LS> Hi folks,

LS> It was nice to hear some of you today at the WLS conference call. My
LS> own statement is at:

LS> http://www.loffs.com/wls/

LS> for anyone who might have missed the call (I gave the URL
LS> www.intangibles.com during the call, but will take it down from there
LS> in a few days), although I deviated from my statement a few times.
LS> Transcripts were taken, so everyone can read those when they are ready.

LS> In summary, Verisign saw absolutely *no* support from participants of
LS> the call, and some extremely strong opposition. I was particularly
LS> pleased to see that Dotster (who runs NameWinner) intends to take legal
LS> action, in the unlikely scenario that WLS is approved, to block it. I
LS> applaud them, and would support their effort. Nice to hear from Paul
LS> Stahura, Thomas, the two Dans, Rick Wesson, Loren, Jeff, Danny,
LS> Marilyn, and others too. :)

LS> Near the end of the call, I asked Chuck Gomes the simple question
LS> "Under what conditions would Verisign pull the proposal from the table,
LS> given the huge opposition to it." He had no answer. Maybe Verisign
LS> never imagines a scenario where they can't get their way. I look
LS> forward to tomorrow's call, to see if he has an answer then.

LS> My prediction is that given the overwhelming opposition displayed ICANN
LS> will decide to invoke the formal consensus process for this proposal.
LS> Hopefully other related issues, such as a Uniform Deletions Policy, and
LS> better WHOIS information, will be addressed at that time. Assuming
LS> Verisign doesn't sue ICANN, I figure that consensus process would take
LS> 3 to 6 months, and not come out in favour of WLS in any event.

LS> Sincerely,

LS> George Kirikos
LS> http://www.kirikos.com/


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