Re: [registrars] ORG Redelegation

[Rick Wesson <wessorh@ar.com>]

> > substantially outweighs the costs and troubles that the dotORG redelegation
> > will require. I'm not a fan of a thick registry either, but its the flavor
> > of the month and until there are reasonable alternatives, I fear that we're
> > stuck with it.
>
> What is wrong with a thin one ?

referal whois, incostant formats (every thinsg the whois tf gripes about)

> Why, to begin with, was a thick registry shown as an alternative to a
> thin one ?

back in '98 you couldn't get a whois dump from VeriSign and in '00 whois
access reliability fell on the floor. thick was an alternative to
VeriSigns thin.

only recently have registrars noted that thick registries are actually a
threat to their own business model.

-rick