[Am-info] [Fwd: .org]

[Geoffrey]

Fighting another monopoly...

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Subject: .org
Resent-Date: Tue,  2 Jul 2002 13:14:08 -0700 (PDT)
Resent-From: 0xdeadbeef@petting-zoo.net
Date: Tue, 02 Jul 2002 13:13:53 -0700
From: gkm@petting-zoo.net (glen mccready)
To: 0xdeadbeef@petting-zoo.net


Forwarded-by: Nev Dull <nev@sleepycat.com>

IMS has teamed up with Internet Software Consortium (aka Paul Vixie and
the folks who produce BIND) to try and wrest control of the .org
registry from VeriSign.  ICANN has it up for bid and all the other
applicants are various combinations of commercial operators.  We want
to run .org in the public interest and release all of our code, secure
the DNS, etc.

We could really use a public show of support.  Was wondering if you
might chime in and possibly even try and encourage some of your cohorts
to chime in?  We think this is a pretty crucial test case on setting up
a solid public infrastructure for core Internet functions.  The degree
of public support is one of the selection criteria, so we'd certainly
appreciate your help.

Regards,

Carl Malamud
Internet Multicasting Service

Our proposal is at: http://trusted.resource.org/
Our show-your-support page is at:
http://not.invisible.net/signals/bin/000055.shtml
The ICANN process is at: http://www.icann.org/tlds/org/
The IMS home page is at: http://not.invisible.net/
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-- 
Until later: Geoffrey		esoteric@3times25.net

I didn't have to buy my radio from a specific company to listen
to FM, why doesn't that apply to the Internet (anymore...)?