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Re: VeriSign Capitulates

  • From: Nathan J. Mehl
  • Date: Fri Oct 03 16:02:03 2003

In the immortal words of Tim Wilde ([email protected]):
> 
> And they act like they're the victims.  Amazing.
> 
> "Without so much as a hearing, ICANN today formally asked us to shut down
> the Site Finder service," said VeriSign spokesman Tom Galvin. "We will
> accede to their request while we explore all of our options."

What's that bit about the definiton of `chutzpah?'  The parricide who
throws himself on the court's mercy as an orphan?

Oddly enough, ICANN gave them exactly as much of a hearing as they
gave ICANN, the IETF and pretty much everyone else in the world before
they foisted this abomination on us.  My heart bleeds for them,
really.

-n

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