Fwd: Re: [sitefinder-tech-discuss] Technical issues encountered by a k12 site

[Rodney Thayer <rodney@canola-jones.com>]

> > > ... Chuck Gomes, VeriSign's vice president for its registry service. 
> > > Citing concerns of proprietary information and competitive advantage, he 
> > > added that he didn't think he could guarantee any advance notice of 
> > > similar changes in the future.
> > http://rss.com.com/2100-1038_3-5088128.html?part=rss&tag=feed&subj=news

Assuming for the moment this is a correct quote, I take issue with the
"competitive advantage" claim.  There are not multiple operators of .com 
and .net -
Verisign is a de facto public utility (in the logical sense, I don't
claim to be a utilities regulatory expert)

So this is not a situation where there are competitors, and therefore
competitive advantage doesn't apply.

Unless you think all the residents of Sau Tome and Principe are
going to rise up against the DNS operator for .ST ;-)


There HAVE been cases in the past where a vendor diverted from a standard,
causing varying degrees of disturbance.  I think this is demonstrably
different from the conventional situation.


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