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Self-Regulation Self Destructs?
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Well... all I can say is that most of the "gotchas" that we pointed out in the 2000 application process have come to pass, and our application, in hindsight, was more accurate than any selected registry.
A company that has been involved in the DNS since the inception of the new TLD issue, who has consistently been fair and ethical, and who didn't try to play politics, but, instead, looked towards objective financial and technical criteria. Go figure.
I look forward to the next round. Whenever it may happen. Maybe we'll have a better go of it now that nobody can claim that our application is out of touch with reality.
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Ambler On The Net [ambler.net]
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Re:Self-Regulation
by cambler
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Chris, no one defended IOD more than I when it was being a labeled a "pirate" well before the 2000 application round. Then you backed it up by filing through the formal process that was alotted to you. And you should be admired for stepping up as you did against long odds. My opinion has been that you can't take a monopoly, insert an artificial retail layer, and then say that the monopoly has been slain by way of competition. The market value of the .com zone continues to rise far exceeding the sum of all other zones in existence. The white paper inferred such a dominant position concentrated in in one zone could result in market place "abuse". But, what irks me is when people with vested interests then hide behind the "what is best for the consumer" argument while the monopoly remains in plain view, and that is what got me going on this thread (sorry). So, I ask again: how can a monopolist have competitors? (don't answer :)
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