Re: [ga-roots] How the sky might fall

[Jeff Williams <jwkckid1@ix.netcom.com>]

Jefsey and all

Jefsey Morfin wrote:

> Dear WXW,
> You are very funny. Thx. Your post would be hoewever very
> usefull to all if it documented which current TLD has been
> created after justifying its capacity to waste $ 50.000. :-) :-)
> Jefsey

  I often get a chuckle out of WXW as well...

>
>
> PS. I am not aware that ".icann" had been created yet.
>         May be I missed it? Is it ZoneMastered in Vegas?

  ROFLMAO!  That would seem to be the logical place now
wouldn't it?!

>
>
> On 13:55 05/06/01, William X. Walsh said:
> >Hello Jefsey,
> >
> >Tuesday, June 05, 2001, 4:29:17 AM, Jefsey Morfin wrote:
> > > All boils down to Mike Roberts'  K$ 50. Would the iCANN have
> > > carry its job as a per a decent reading of the WhitePaper/ByLaws
> > > getting sponsoring as an educational, research or charity service
> > > to the community and made TLD registration paid at cost ($ 20
> > > as documented by the Linux community) it would financially
> > > flourish and none of the current problems would exist.
> >
> >If you want to have any credibility to your arguments, Jefsey, you
> >have to at least make an effort to be realistic.
> >
> >Personally, I don't find the $50,000 application fee to be as
> >excessive as others have.
> >
> >But a minimum set of both business, financial, and technical standards
> >must exist, and before granting the application, those issues must be
> >reviewed, investigated, followed up on, etc.
> >
> >The costs of doing that are not cheap, and an application fee such as
> >that does serve a purpose in setting a minimum standard for financial
> >solvency.  If the $50,000 fee is too much, then perhaps that company
> >is not well suited financially to be running a registry.
> >
> >While I don't see the $50,000 as necessarily excessive, I would be
> >open to backing a proposal for a lower fee in the next round provided
> >that a REALISTIC fee was proposed, and all of the other issues were
> >addressed (minimum standards).
> >
> >The alt.root people don't particularly like that argument, since in
> >their book being able to get one person to add a couple lines of
> >config in a nameserver has been their only requirement, but it would
> >help their credibility if they would recognize that minimum standards
> >must exist, and help to come up with a REASONABLE set of standards.
> >
> >If a company doesn't have $250,000 or more in liquid capital or line
> >of credit, I don't think they should even be considered.  They lack
> >the necessary financial means to insure the operation and development
> >of their registry.
> >
> >
> >--
> >Best regards,
> >William X Walsh
> >mailto:william@userfriendly.com
> >Owner, Userfriendly.com
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