Re: Registrars serve no useful purpose

2005-01-22 Thread Steve Sobol
Joe Rhett wrote: What if a company doesn't want to deal with any registrar? What if they just want to register their domain name and have it stay registered. I really can't think of any domain name registrant that this statement doesn't apply to -- even the spammers. The purpose is so that someo

Re: Registrars serve no useful purpose

2005-01-21 Thread Joe Rhett
> > It is a matter of choosing a registrar that has the right business model > > and services to suit the registrant. On Wed, Jan 19, 2005 at 01:28:51PM +, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > What if a company doesn't want to deal with > any registrar? What if they just want to > register their domai

Re: Registrars serve no useful purpose

2005-01-19 Thread Fergie (Paul Ferguson)
And, on this point, I believe Karl was right. $.02, - ferg -- "David M. Besonen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Auerbach: The public interest is not being served. -- "Fergie", a.k.a. Paul Ferguson Engineering Architecture for the Internet [EMAIL PROTECTED] or [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Registrars serve no useful purpose

2005-01-19 Thread David M. Besonen
the panix.com incident, a few nights of dreaming solutions, and this interview lead me wonder about "p2p dns". david

Re: Registrars serve no useful purpose

2005-01-19 Thread David M. Besonen
[a dated, biased (what isn't?), insightful, and relevant interview] Published on Policy DevCenter (http://www.oreillynet.com/policy/) http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/policy/2002/12/05/karl.html Karl Auerbach: ICANN "Out of Control" by Richard Koman 12/05/2002 Editor's note: Strong forces a

Re: Registrars serve no useful purpose

2005-01-19 Thread William Allen Simpson
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: It is a matter of choosing a registrar that has the right business model and services to suit the registrant. What if a company doesn't want to deal with any registrar? What if they just want to register their domain name and have it stay registered. For some companies

Registrars serve no useful purpose

2005-01-19 Thread Michael . Dillon
> It is a matter of choosing a registrar that has the right business model > and services to suit the registrant. What if a company doesn't want to deal with any registrar? What if they just want to register their domain name and have it stay registered. For some companies, their registered domai