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Gerald <[email protected]> writes: > Having been a part of many fraternity pranks along this line, I might > remind some of a glitch with this line of thinking. > > VeriSign employees read this list. (Verisign shows up with tomatoes & red > "I love VeriSign" shirts saying if you like the idea...wear shirt && grab > tomato to stack up front.) It won't be anything that blatant. They'll just have their PR people prepare a strategy to make it look ridiculous ("Old guard technologists threaten innovation with tomatoes"). Verisign has conceded that NANOGers are apposed to the wildcards in com and net--that isn't their battle. To make an impression on the press, you've got to show why it *matters* that you're against it, and a pile of tomatoes is not going to do it. If anything, it plays right into their hands by positioning them as the authority and NANOG as a bunch of immature college pranksters. If I were Verisign PR, I'd love having that material to work with. > I don't think this idea, while amusing, will accomplish the goal. The bind > patch and other methods of nullifying their corporate group think crap that > makes them think this is a good idea is more our style. (Play smarter, not > harder.) And write your congressmen to explain how Verisign is abusing a government granted monopoly to stop others (including M$ and AOL) from innovating at the edge, because that's where this is headed--Verisign is ultimately counting on having better lobbyists with USDOC than ICANN, and they're probably safe to do so unless DOC feels some oversight from above. -dan
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