Dave Farber wrote: [Does Jerri know something I don't know about the state of the ICANN or is she just being sloppy calling ICANN "The Internet's governing board" djf] I reply: Dave: she knows full well what you seem unwilling to admit...... Of course it is the the governing board. i would not make a point of this except I can still well remember your posts of propaganda from ISOC hot shot George Sadowsky and a couple of others a YEAR AGO to your IP list.... screeds that dumped all over clausing for allegedly biased reporting. she gets it DAVE...... Esthers heated denials not withstanding..... the ICANN ilk are the internet's would be self appointed regulatory agency..... time to take a stand......... "sir". From: Dave Farber <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: IP: Internet Group Approves Domain Registration Rules Mime-Version: 1.0 Sender: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Precedence: list Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Status: U [Does Jerri know something I don't know about the state of the ICANN or is she just being sloppy calling ICANN "The Internet's governing board" djf] November 5, 1999 Internet Group Approves Domain Registration Rules Ends Monopoly Over Popular `.Com' Suffix By JERI CLAUSING OS ANGELES -- The Internet's governing board today approved terms for opening the network's address registration businesses to full-scale competition. Enactment of the landmark document ends the six-year monopoly that enriched Network Solutions Inc. Just as important, it marks a victory for the oversight group, the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers, or ICANN, whose first year has been rocked by dissention and controversy. ICANN unanimously approved the agreement, which spells out the terms under which Network Solutions will open its business to the more than 80 companies around the world already approved to compete in the registration of Internet addresses, or domains, that end in the popular .com, .net and .org suffixes. .. http://www.nytimes.com/library/tech/99/11/cyber/articles/05icann.html **************************************************************** The COOK Report on Internet Index to seven years of the COOK Report 431 Greenway Ave, Ewing, NJ 08618 USA http://cookreport.com (609) 882-2572 (phone & fax) ICANN: The Internet's Oversight Board - [EMAIL PROTECTED] NEW - Incompetence or Duplicity? ICANN and it Allies' Stealth Agenda http://cookreport.com/isoccontrol.shtml ****************************************************************
