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johnsonr@colorado.edu (Richard Johnson) wrote:


>Even if I were stupid enough to trust SAIC with this kind of manufactured
>monopoly, I'd be upset at the far too high yearly charges.

>Our shared US namespace (.com, .net, .org, .edu and .gov) is an Internet
>village commons.

>Now, we suddenly have a group of ne'er-do-wells trying to charge us to use it.

>Sounds like a gang of brigands trying to set itself up with the trappings
>of "government" so their extortion can be relabeled as a "fee".

>I have no problem with _reasonable_ fees for maintenance of of top level
>domains.  I have a severe problem with a for-profit corporation baldly
>usurping control and setting themselves up with a monopoly complete with
>fees at a level motivated more by raw greed than the desire to provide
>service.

Amen!

>I'd much rather see the top level domains under the control of a
>non-profit membership based cooperative association, with fully public
>books.  There's at least a chance of trusting such an organization.

I'd rather give the free market a chance, with a distributed (rather than
centralized) system that provided for competitive alternatives.

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