At 07:51 PM 7/18/99 -0400, you wrote:
>At 03:53 PM 7/18/99 -0700, you wrote:
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>>I hear that ICANN has run out of money.
>>
>>Have they published a statement showing the expenses to date.
>>
>>(I, for one, wouldn't want to to pay the $1 domain name tax [not to
>>mention the probable eventual $$ for IP address space tax] when there is
>>no published record of how the entity which is imposing the tax is
>>spending it.)
>>
>>For those who object to the word "tax", you can do a replace the word
>>"tax" with 'mandatory fee unrelated to costs".
>
>OTOH it's for a good cause. We can not pay for Joe Sims to not bill
>time he spends not talking to Jay.
>
>Such a deal.
>
>Are we really playing "Where'd the ICANN money go". We still
>hav't finished playing "where'd the CORE money go" have we?
>
>I'm sure it's just coincidence.
ICANN (and others) are playing a dangerous game here. Perhaps they feel
they can actually get away with it.
We know differently. So does corporate America. So do companies world-wide.
Have you ever seen Bambi vs. Godzilla?
Bambi=ICANN, Godzilla=US Congress
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