Re: [wg-c] There is no "consensus"

["Siegfried Langenbach" <svl@nrw.net>]

On 20 Jul 99, at 12:04, Milton Mueller wrote:

> It seems obvious to me that a company that sets up the software required to accept
> registrations from intermediaries (registrars) could also easily accept
> registrations from end users themselves. Thus, it is the registry that is the basic
> service provider.
>
With all respect, I would warn from a system in which registry sells to 
registrar and end-user. That would cause a lot of implications (marketing, 
service). We have (at the moment) such a system in germany (not exactly but in 
general).
I would consider that not a stable and robuste system, the registry in 
competition with his costumers the registrars....

 
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> 
> Incidentally, isn't the annual cost for a domain name registration in dot UK, a
> shared registry, MORE than NSI's evil, monopolistic $35 per year? I look forward to
> your spin on that one, Kent.
> 
my name is not Kent, but I would like to remark that taking one example is not 
good for general assumtions. BTW in germany a domain costs 6 USD first year and 
3 USD the renewal... :-)), but as I said, we should not generalise that...
siegfried