Re: [wg-c] WG-C Report

[Dave Crocker <dcrocker@brandenburg.com>]

At 04:19 AM 3/18/00 -0500, Milton Mueller wrote:
>Isn't it interesting that the introduction of compulsory sharing of the
>registry has created so many problems, yet some people still insist that it
>must happen in ALL cases?
>
>Fragmenting the WHOIS database is but one of the problems associated with
>the shared model. There are also cases of domain names being registered by
>the same people.

The fragmentation is due to a particular choice that NSI made, to have 
thing-registry/heavy-registrar.  Switching to a 
heavy-registry/thin-registrar would incur no such problem.

In any event, yes, monopolies due lend themselves towards simplistic 
structures.  And fascism can make the trains run on time.

Are you suggesting that it would be better not to seek competition where 
possible?

d/


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