[IFWP] Re: Regional Registries Submit ICANN ASO Proposal

1999-07-30 Thread Michael Sondow
Paul Wilson a écrit: REGIONAL REGISTRIES SUBMIT ICANN ASO PROPOSAL Expressions of Support Requested - see below! I'm sorry, but I cannot support a closed process like the one you used to form your constituency. Michael Sondow

[IFWP] Just Joe

1999-07-30 Thread Michael Sondow
http://www.jonesday.com/html/biosquery.asp?ResultSet=SingleColumn=IDDataValue=987 Name: Joe Sims Group: Government Regulation Practice(s): Antitrust Trade Regulation Location: Washington Title: Partner Description: Admitted 1970 Arizona; 1978 District of Columbia. Arizona State University

RE: [IFWP] European Commission to investigate NSI

1999-07-30 Thread R . Gaetano
Michael Sondow wrote: The EC is taking its cue from ICANN, covering up their own anticompetitive DNS activities by using NSI as a smokescreen. Probably, this tactic was suggested to Christopher Wilkinson, who is a member of CORE, and transmitted by him to DG IV. Maybe DG IV itself is a

RE: [IFWP] European Commission to investigate NSI

1999-07-30 Thread R . Gaetano
Tony Rutkowsi wrote: At 12:29 PM 7/29/99 , dibu wrote: Well, I think is not the same. NSI domain names are international, but country code based domain names not. From anticompetitive and functional standpoints, it is exactly the same. The market is the performance of

RE: [IFWP] European Commission to investigate NSI

1999-07-30 Thread A.M. Rutkowski
At 05:02 AM 7/30/99 , [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: therefore "eventually" competition will be allowed in the ccTLDs, but I share DG IV's POV that economically and politically NSI's monopoly in "general purpose" (not nationally restricted) TLDs is a higher priority. Even though the AFNIC monopoly,

RE: [IFWP] European Commission to investigate NSI

1999-07-30 Thread Ivan Pope
I disagree with Roberto here. As a European national and as a European company, we regard the ability to compete freely and fairly across Europe to be our right. If that right is restricted by national policies, i.e. by restrictive local NIC policies, then we regard that as a highest priority.

RE: [IFWP] European Commission to investigate NSI

1999-07-30 Thread Jean-Michel Becar
BTW there is also the fact that the market share for the NIC's are not so high than for NSI. It could be ridiculous to open for example the registration for the Luxembourg domain name (if it exsits, I have to check) . Jean-Michel Bécar [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.etsi.org E.T.S.I. Project

RE: [IFWP] European Commission to investigate NSI

1999-07-30 Thread A.M. Rutkowski
At 08:43 AM 7/30/99 , Jean-Michel Becar wrote: BTW there is also the fact that the market share for the NIC's are not so high than for NSI. It could be ridiculous to open for example the registration for the Luxembourg domain name (if it exsits, I have to check) . The market share of ESTENA -

RE: [IFWP] European Commission to investigate NSI

1999-07-30 Thread A.M. Rutkowski
Hi Roberto, The European Commission looks, of course, at the global European figures. Obviously, if the European ccNICs had the dominant position you show as hypothesis, the things would be different. After all, DG IV should be silly to bother for 0.01%, don't you agree? Not necessarily - if the

Re: [IFWP] European Commission to investigate NSI

1999-07-30 Thread Werner Staub
Tony, The European Commission looks, of course, at the global European figures. Obviously, if the European ccNICs had the dominant position you show as hypothesis, the things would be different. After all, DG IV should be silly to bother for 0.01%, don't you agree? Not necessarily -

Re: [IFWP] European Commission to investigate NSI

1999-07-30 Thread Mark Measday
Jim, Odd, given your arguments, that, with the good advice Mr B received at the EC, we do not see him at the helm of some more adventurous venture. Why would a man so much more in possession of the facts than most choose merely to learn Spanish at such a high salary when he could have burst

Re: [IFWP] European Commission to investigate NSI

1999-07-30 Thread Werner Staub
Tony, The market share of ESTENA - the Ministry of Education Grand-Duchy of Luxembourg is nearly 100% in Luxembourg. Please tell us how you calculate this. I suspect you are simply dividing the total number of .lu registrations by the total number of .lu registrations gTLD market

[IFWP] Suggestions Requested: Real-Time Chat Software or Sites

1999-07-30 Thread Ben Edelman
Among the most frequent requests after ICANN's Public Meetings in Berlin in May was a centralized ("official") real-time chat site for online participants to use to communicate with each other. I'm prepared to make such an area available, but as yet no online chat software has met my the

Re: [IFWP] Suggestions Requested: Real-Time Chat Software or Sites

1999-07-30 Thread William X. Walsh
Friday, July 30, 1999, 12:03:59 PM, Ben Edelman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Among the most frequent requests after ICANN's Public Meetings in Berlin in May was a centralized ("official") real-time chat site for online participants to use to communicate with each other. I'm prepared to make

Re: [IFWP] European Commission to investigate NSI

1999-07-30 Thread Jeff Williams
Roberto and all, Of course, Rome was not built in a day. However we are not living in Roman times and building regulative and administrative structures "Using the Internet" instead of Face to Face meetings can be done better, more accurately, and with wider participation than when Rome Rome

Re[2]: [IFWP] Suggestions Requested: Real-Time Chat Software or Sites

1999-07-30 Thread William X. Walsh
Friday, July 30, 1999, 12:14:45 PM, William X. Walsh [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Friday, July 30, 1999, 12:03:59 PM, Ben Edelman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Among the most frequent requests after ICANN's Public Meetings in Berlin in May was a centralized ("official") real-time chat site for online

Re: [IFWP] Suggestions Requested: Real-Time Chat Software or Sites

1999-07-30 Thread Richard J. Sexton
Look at http://www.activeworlds.com No matter what you write or find, you won't find anything more suited to what you want than this. At 03:03 PM 7/30/99 -0400, you wrote: Among the most frequent requests after ICANN's Public Meetings in Berlin in May was a centralized ("official") real-time

Re[2]: [IFWP] Suggestions Requested: Real-Time Chat Software or Sites

1999-07-30 Thread William X. Walsh
Friday, July 30, 1999, 12:40:29 PM, Richard J. Sexton [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: IRC is probably your best bet, and then use a Java client on the website to access it. It you want to stage WW III, IRC is probably the place to do it. Only if you venture to EFNet :) I was actually suggesting

Re[2]: [IFWP] Suggestions Requested: Real-Time Chat Software or Sites

1999-07-30 Thread William X. Walsh
Friday, July 30, 1999, 12:37:33 PM, Richard J. Sexton [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Look at http://www.activeworlds.com No matter what you write or find, you won't find anything more suited to what you want than this. Activeworlds is quite nice, however it has draw backs. It is quite CPU

Re: Re[2]: [IFWP] Suggestions Requested: Real-Time Chat Software or Sites

1999-07-30 Thread Richard J. Sexton
At 12:35 PM 7/30/99 -0700, you wrote: Friday, July 30, 1999, 12:40:29 PM, Richard J. Sexton [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: IRC is probably your best bet, and then use a Java client on the website to access it. It you want to stage WW III, IRC is probably the place to do it. Only if you venture to

Re[4]: [IFWP] Suggestions Requested: Real-Time Chat Software or Sites

1999-07-30 Thread William X. Walsh
Friday, July 30, 1999, 1:06:05 PM, Richard J. Sexton [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: There's a handful of these products - Esther is invested in one, but for my money the best one is activeworlds.com. But we need a solution that works now, and for the most people, without cost, and none of those

Re: Re[2]: [IFWP] Suggestions Requested: Real-Time Chat Software or Sites

1999-07-30 Thread Richard J. Sexton
At 12:47 PM 7/30/99 -0700, you wrote: Friday, July 30, 1999, 12:37:33 PM, Richard J. Sexton [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Look at http://www.activeworlds.com No matter what you write or find, you won't find anything more suited to what you want than this. Activeworlds is quite nice, however it

Re[4]: [IFWP] Suggestions Requested: Real-Time Chat Software or Sites

1999-07-30 Thread William X. Walsh
Friday, July 30, 1999, 1:10:44 PM, Richard J. Sexton [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: At 12:47 PM 7/30/99 -0700, you wrote: Friday, July 30, 1999, 12:37:33 PM, Richard J. Sexton [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Look at http://www.activeworlds.com No matter what you write or find, you won't find anything

Re: [IFWP] Suggestions Requested: Real-Time Chat Software or Sites

1999-07-30 Thread Mark C. Langston
On 30 July 1999, "Richard J. Sexton" [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: IRC is probably your best bet, and then use a Java client on the website to access it. It you want to stage WW III, IRC is probably the place to do it. So you're in agreement then, Richard? :) -- Mark C. Langston

Re: [IFWP] European Commission to investigate NSI

1999-07-30 Thread Richard J. Sexton
At 03:20 PM 7/30/99 -0400, A.M. Rutkowski wrote: Hi Werner, Glad to see you're still around [Irascible comment skimmed.] But could you clarify *whom* the EC tries to protect by investigating NSI, in your opinion? You're asking the same question that I am! Who in Europe are they protecting

Re: Re[4]: [IFWP] Suggestions Requested: Real-Time Chat Software or Sites

1999-07-30 Thread Mark C. Langston
On 30 July 1999, "William X. Walsh" [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Friday, July 30, 1999, 1:06:05 PM, Richard J. Sexton [EMAIL PROTECTED] wro te: There's a handful of these products - Esther is invested in one, but for my money the best one is activeworlds.com. But we need a solution that works

[IFWP] Re: [ga] Santiago DNSO GA Chair

1999-07-30 Thread Jeff Williams
El Generalisimo Sola and all, I am afraid that the "Generalisimo" here has is a bit backwards. ICANN doesn't even really exist in that it has not membership. The DNSO does in the GA. Hence Dennis's "Suggestion" is both valid and within the bounds of proper protocol in this instance... In

[IFWP] Democrats and DOJ clueless, again! Where is ICANN and DOC/NTIA on this?

1999-07-30 Thread Jeff Williams
All, More evidence that DOJ, DOC, FDA, FTC, ICANN, NTIA, ect, ect, are clueless... FYI: http://www.cnnfn.com/news/technology/newsbytes/134154.html Headline: Democrats Eat Their Own On Net Pharmacy Issue Excerpts: " Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee Democrats tore into their

[IFWP] Blind overseeing the cluelss? AKA, DOC/NTIA overseeing the ICANN/NSI

1999-07-30 Thread Jeff Williams
All, Headline: Bliley Targets All Domain Name Players - Update Does DOJ and NTIA got it stuff together??? FYI: http://www.cnnfn.com/news/technology/newsbytes/134174.html Excerpts: " House Commerce Committee Chairman Thomas Bliley, R-Va., yesterday launched an expanded investigation into the

[IFWP] Press censorship

1999-07-30 Thread Joop Teernstra
Ronda wrote: 4) After a story was printed in a German online journal critical of ICANN, the writer got an email from an EU official asking who he was and what he did and complaining about the article, with the complaint also sent to the editor of the journal. Do you still have the URL for that

[IFWP] Is anybody else having trouble getting on DNSO working groups?

1999-07-30 Thread Karl Auerbach
Has anyone else found it difficult (read "impossible") to get onto DNSO working groups? --karl--

[IFWP] Re: 3m names

1999-07-30 Thread Kerry Miller
not sure of the point that kerry is making with this post. But am sure that computerized vote counting is fool hardy. Another way to look at it is that the 'illegal' names would never have been found w/o the ability to electronically collate the village rolls that revealed multiple

[IFWP] A new Self Reglatory group might join hands with ICANN???

1999-07-30 Thread Jeff Williams
All, FYI: http://www.news.com/News/Item/0,4,0-39935,00.html?st.ne.140.head Very interesting. A change in ICANN strategy with respect to Liability perhaps Regards, -- Jeffrey A. Williams Spokesman INEGroup (Over 95k members strong!) CEO/DIR. Internet Network Eng/SR. Java/CORBA