RE: [registrars] REALNAMES - stopping service 30th June.

["Bhavin Turakhia" <bhavin.t@directi.com>]

> Stop-gap solutions such as the I-DNS service, the Realnames shim
> and others
> in the space need to be displaced by open standards before true
> adoption can
> occur. If it is indeed the case that Realnames exit is/will
> impact the VGRS
> MDNS implementation, then the entire industry has suffered a setback - not
> something that I'd like to repeat in the near future.

seems like I-DNS is facing rocky times ..... first WALID Inc. went under,
now RealNames ..... (to suport ROSS's argument - both were propreitary
solutions) .... I believe Verisign had something also signed with I-DNS
International ..... wonder whats happening on tht front ...

bhavin