Re: [ga] FW: Comment from the gTLD Registry Constituency

[Leah Gallegos <jandl@jandl.com>]

On Monday 30 September 2002 09:58 pm, Don Brown wrote:
> Of course, but the point missed or avoided is that the Registries are
> akin to mini-monopolies.  If it wasn't for that stark differentiation,
> Free Enterprise would be the best course.

Of course they are.  And so are insurance companies, discount chains, real 
estate developers and automobile manufacturers.  Each has a monopoly on its 
own product, many of which are similar to other products in the marketplace.  
There is nothing wrong with what you are calling a monopoly unless there is 
no other product from which to choose.  Now that is the real issue.  
ICANN/DoC have prevented others from freely entering the marketplace, making 
ICANN/DoC the monopolists - not the registries.  The entire point is to have 
multiple registries offering similar products in order to open the 
competition to all comers.  Accomplish that and the problem is solved.

If you don't like your health or life insurance policy, just look around.  
There are other companies offering similar products.  Some are good and 
reliable while others may be smaller, newer and you may question how reliable 
they are.  However, you have the choice to change from one to the other.  In 
some cases, it may not even be that easy to make such a change due to 
dependencies on a particular policy.  BUT you do have the choice.  The same 
is true for automobiles.  If you don't like Chevy, buy Ford or Toyota or 
Acura, or any other of a gazilion makes and models.  Don't like your local 
department store?  Go to another.

Let's not stay bogged down in haggling over whether ICANN should be the 
designer of businesses using the DNS or allowing newcomers into the business 
at all.  ICANN's job is to make sure the DNS WORKS, period.  Well it worked 
before ICANN and will work after ICANN.

Leah

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