My fear is this paragraph:
"We believe that this transaction will strategically
position VeriSign to focus exclusively on our core
mission of providing critical infrastructure services
for the Internet and telecommunication networks, while
allowing Network Solutions to pursue its own
independent strategy in the web presence market." said
Stratton Sclavos, Chairman and CEO of VeriSign.
I'm concerned that this may actually mean:
We believe that this transaction will strategically
position Verisign to focus exclusively on screwing
around with the registry and the Internet's basic
stability, without having to answer to consumers who
may choose to punish us by taking their business
elsewhere. By paring the company down to only its
monopoly components (vis-a-vis domain name services),
we feel that we can more freely muck around in the
fabric of the Internet in ways that bring us
financial gain while locking all potential competitors
out of the picture. Stewardship? No, we prefer to
focus on profiteering.
This is probably a good thing for Network Solutions (depending on how
the new owners choose to handle it), and for registrars generally,
but overall may spell more serious problems for the registry.
Regards,
Eric Longman
Atl-Connect Internet Services
---- Original Message ----
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Verisign to Sell Network Solutions
Date: Thu, 16 Oct 2003 12:21:37 -0400
>On Thursday, October 16, 2003 11:34 AM [EDT],
>George Kirikos <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> VeriSign also owns NameSecure, NameEngine, and SRSplus (any
>> others?) --are those part of the deal?
>
>The press release indicates they are getting out of the registrar
>business completely, but keeping all the registry-operating
>business.
>
>http://www.verisign.com/corporate/news/2003/pr_20031016.html
>
>Hmm. The same release metions that Verisign's Q3 earnings conference
>call is next week.
>
>
