Hi Roberto,
History is often disputed --
I stand by my statements.
Jay.
At 01:32 PM 3/30/99 , Roberto Gaetano wrote:
>Jay,
>
>You wrote (answering to Kent Crispin):
>
>> Anyway, David had questioned the last
>> line in the following paragraph:
>>
>> "The gTLD-MoU was controversial because it would have
>> confiscated all generic Top Level Domains, not only from
>> startups like IO Design (who had been running the .web
>> registry for approximately one year), but also from Network
>> Solutions. It would have established an authority control
>> model of governance, and it claimed ownership over the
>> entire name space."
>>
>> The correction that I agreed with was
>> that the IAHC did not "claim" ownership
>> over the entire name space. On the other
>> hand, I do believe that it *would* have
>> been a consequence of that failed and
>> faulty plan.
>>
>> IMHO, that was a minor point, ....
>>
> <snip>
>
>To the naive reader, "it [the gTLD-MoU] claimed ownership on the entire name
>space" is a fact that you are quoting.
>This fact is not true.
>
>A correction to "It would have implied ownership on the entire name space"
>would have given the feeling to the reader that you are stating your strong
>belief.
>I would have disagreed with your sentence, but I would never have thought at
>it as an incorrect statement, and nobody would have called it "a lie".
>
>It is a small change, but not a minor point, IMHO.
>
>Regards
>Roberto
>
