Re: [wg-c] Choosing the intial testbed

["Mark C. Langston" <mark@bitshift.org>]

On Wed, Mar 22, 2000 at 12:10:20PM -0800, William X. Walsh wrote:
> 
> On 22-Mar-2000 Mark C. Langston wrote:
> > The registry MUST NOT own the TLD, and must not be allowed to even
> > infer that some ownership exists, or we'll just be creating problems
> > for everyone, and perpetual fiefdoms for a select few.
> 
> Must not is a pretty strong term, Mark.  If you don't confer SOME rights in the
> TLD to the registry, there will be no incentive for the registry to invest the
> money needed to become an innovative registry, because their rights could be
> yanked from them at any time with no recourse, and they could lose their
> investment to the benefit of whoever gets it next.


Oh!  Just like domain names!  

And when the registry goes rogue, or becomes incompetent, or their contract
expires or is broken, how do you propose we avoid the '98-'99 NSI
debacle?

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Mark C. Langston
mark@bitshift.org
Systems & Network Admin
San Jose, CA