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> > > Scott Bradner writes: > >> http://www.icann.org/correspondence/twomey-to-lewis-03oct03.htm > > * [email protected] ([email protected]) [Fri 03 Oct 2003, 16:47 CEST]: > > This is a return volly. The service in this match was three > > weeks ago. > > So the question is now, who has who by the jugulars in this threesome > between ICANN, VeriSign and the Internet technical community? Or worded > even more clearly, who controls/owns who - VeriSign ICANN and the > Internet, or we ICANN and therefore VeriSign enough to not matter? > > > -- Niels. as I understand it: the "internet technical community" has no part in this matter. (*) there are a series of interlocking MOUs/CRADAs/Contracts between ICANN/USDOC/Verisign that cover a range of topics, some of which include the on-going care/feeding of .com and .net. (*) we get to watch this match from the sidelines. (*) as a community (technical and otherwise) we do get to "vote" with our editors or in conjuntion w/ our vendors. with enough disgust/distaste it is possible either lie to ones self and ones customers/clients about what has been done (aka the BIND patch), to abandon .com/.net (easier said than done), let mob-rule anoint others to be the authoritative source for .com/.net. -or- accept the changes and get on w/ life. pick one of the four. --bill
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