First off Ken - you didn't answer the question regarding CORE. On Tue, 1 Feb 2000, Ken Stubbs wrote: > for those of your who wish to rely on the "insight ??" provided by whomever > (or whatever) this !Dr. Joe is ... > > please review his "sports pick of the week" for last week............ > > "BET ON TENNESSEE AND GIVE THE RAMS 15 POINTS" never published anything like that. the only sports I like are the fleshy under the blanket type. > > or the "baptista market trend report" dated june 30, 1999 ... > > "SHORT THE TECHNOLOGY STOCKS (ESPECIALLY QUALCOMM AND CISCO) THE DOW JONES > WILL FALL BELOW 6000 BY DECEMBER 31, 1999" never published anything like that either. Regards Joe > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: !Dr. Joe Baptista <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Tuesday, February 01, 2000 12:50 AM > Subject: Re: CORE Out of Business?? > > > > On Mon, 31 Jan 2000, Ron Bennett wrote: > > > > > Is CORE going out of business?? > > > > > > Their Whois database has become extremely desychronized > > > and disconnected from reality. Also, their website hasn't been > > > updated from what I can tell since Dec-01-1999; and still no > > > Registrant transfer procedure as of yet that I'm aware of. > > > > > > But the most telling sign is the long list of CORE Registrars > > > who've become ICANN accredited themselves and no longer > > > dependant on CORE. And I don't see companies beating down > > > the doors to get into CORE...in fact I see the exact opposite!! > > > > Core has been bankrupt for some time now. That's old news. But they like > > to pretend and have high hopes. Unfortunately there's a lot of pressure > > lately with the court case, and the unhappy membership complaining about > > all the money they spent on a pipe dream. > > > > At this time Cores only percieved salvation is at the hands of ICANN and > > the issuance of additional gTLD's. ICANN is pressured by IBM and buddies > > to not release new gTLD's - while the European Commission is treatening > > ICANN with the sing song that if they do not get .eu, they'll start their > > own root servers. Like I said before - it begins. The various splits in > > the roots is increasing. > > > > > So the question in my mind is what happens next with CORE?? > > > > > > 1. CORE does nothing and fades into oblivion (and probably > > > goes bankrupt and/or loses its ICANN accreditation). > > > > Getting close! > > > > > > > > 2. CORE revamps their website and takes domain registrations > > > directly and in essance cuts the remaining CORE Registrars > > > out of the loop. This in my view is their best option. > > > > > That's won't happen - Core only exists for it's registrars. > > > > > 3. CORE is absorbed/merged out of existance by another > > > Registrar. > > > > Refer to option one above. > > > > > > > > 4. CORE goes IPO...the VA Linux? :-; > > > > hmm .. maybe stubby can answer that one. > > > > Regards > > Joe > > >
