More hypocrisy from ICANN . . .
While ICANN continues to use every trick
in the book in an attempt to wrestle control
of .com for the "public good", they are now
considering the transfer of another supposed
"public" asset to Mike Roberts' namesake:
Let's see if we can predict the future:
Educause gets .edu
IBM gets .ibm, MCI gets .mci
CORE gets .nom, .web, .com, .etc
. . .
Jay.
http://www.internetnews.com/bus-news/print/0,1089,3_181221,00.html
Academics Propose Takeover of .edu Domain
August 12, 1999
Cyrus Afzali
A consortium of academic and technology professionals is proposing to take
over the administration of the top-level .edu domain, setting up a
potential battle between educators and Network Solutions Inc.
According to The Chronicle of Higher Education, EDUCAUSE wants to take over
the .edu domain because it says some organizations that have applied for an
.edu address do not qualify.
More than a year ago, EDUCOM -- a predecessor to EDUCAUSE -- asked the
National Science Foundation to grant it administration rights for the .edu
domain. Since that time, Internet address responsibility has been passed to
the U.S. Department of Commerce. That group is now working with The
Internet Corp. for Assigned Names and Numbers to transfer the domain system
from government control.
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