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In June 2002, The Internet Multicasting Service and the Internet Software Consortium teamed up to submit a proposal to ICANN to become the .org TLD operator.
At the end of the bidding process, the following 632 comments of support were accounted for at our web site.
In addition to these comments, 389 supporters added a little blue dot to their web sites. Of course,
Googilla kept tracking the dot long after the final tally.
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Subject: .org for non-profit
Posted by davo at 02.03.03 @ 02.53 PM |
I stumbled upon Independance Day through a web badge on aliastapart.com. I am very pleased to discover that such a fight is actually going on. You can count on my full support.
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Subject: yes it is !
Posted by Frederic at 01.25.03 @ 02.50 PM |
yes .org is a public trust.
PARIS - FRANCE.
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Subject: This deserves support
Posted by Liam Coughlan at 01.13.03 @ 01.27 PM |
A good cause. There seems to be far more companies trying to make money by facilitating internet use than actually using the internet to display and try and sell their wares. Online scamming and spamming is rampant. Many of these companies insert interfaces and tools that are not technically useful or desireable, and spend fortunes promoting and scaring people into using them.
Dot org should be a public trust, and I support this lofty goal. Good luck!
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Subject: YAY!
Posted by Castillo at 12.25.02 @ 12.40 AM |
I think it's important to show that there is still a will out there to talk back to the great machine.
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Subject: You have my full support.
Posted by Peter Geijer at 12.20.02 @ 03.11 AM |
It's about time that someone decided to take up the fight. You have my full support.
I own a .org domain myself and would personally like to see the "little guy" win for a change. The world is far too close-minded in these issues nowadays - more £££ = preferential treatment.
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Subject: Hail the free spirit of net
Posted by Ejaz Asi at 12.10.02 @ 07.39 PM |
Yes, Its ironical to see why so many lusty dogs be awarded with their persuits of more and more money. The dot com business is supposed to be different. I just love these kids (zeldman and followers) and of course trusted.org to help others to bring the most obvious of the sounds on one platform. Your work is simply to be honored.
Ejazasi
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Subject: I'm all for it
Posted by walljm at 12.06.02 @ 08.49 AM |
yup
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Subject: showin' support
Posted by jodeci at 12.01.02 @ 10.27 PM |
You have my support.
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Subject: Just reaffirming...
Posted by Sean P. Tomlinson at 11.29.02 @ 11.50 PM |
As a dot holder and admininstrator for two non-profit domains (as well as being generally poor anyway), I want to say that I hope the appeal effort goes through. I don't want to lose my domains...
ICANN and Verisign = The Mans who Sold the World...
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Subject: Creeping Commercialisation
Posted by Tom Macdonald at 10.31.02 @ 09.35 AM |
the .org concept fits into what we call "public spaces" - and in the last century these public spaces have diminished in both quality and quantity; areas where people can come together both physically and virtually are vital for social wellbeing. I don't want to exist only between my workplace, my house and a shopping mall - and I don't want our www to be only a business or a virtual shopping mall.
you have my support
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Subject: .org should be run as a non-profit by a non-profit!
Posted by Deric Scott at 10.24.02 @ 05.09 AM |
Once .org is run as a for-profit TLD, those non-profit institutions that are currently using this TLD will not be able to afford to use it!
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Subject: .org
Posted by Charles D. Cox at 10.23.02 @ 07.18 PM |
I hope the www doesn't go the way of radio.
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Subject: Support for ISC's bid for dot org management
Posted by Bert Bee-Lindgren at 10.23.02 @ 10.24 AM |
I agree with your approach to running the .org TLDs as a public trust is much better than those that would treat it as a profit center.
I am disappointed and somewhat alarmed by ICANN's track record of awarding domains without regard for the public interest (as any sane adult would define it). Assigning the .org domain to IMS/ISC would tend to change my opinion of ICANN for the better. Without a doubt, IMS/ISC are the people who should handle registration in the .org domain.
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Subject: My support!
Posted by Aredridel at 10.18.02 @ 12.45 PM |
The .org domain when it was opened to general registrations was a big loss to the internet community. It encouraged more widening and a loss of depth in the namespace, and there's no clear non-profit oriented TLD any longer.
The proposal has my full support
Aredridel
Administrator of the NBTSC Community server, http://community.nbtsc.org
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Subject: support
Posted by Aadesh at 10.12.02 @ 03.54 AM |
support
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Subject: .org OUGHT to be a public trust!
Posted by Greg Lundberg at 10.06.02 @ 01.51 PM |
..and it should be able to ban registrants who abuse its namespace.
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Subject: support
Posted by pl at 09.28.02 @ 07.28 PM |
.org is for everyone in the cyberworld!!!
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Subject: .org must be for evryone
Posted by Karim at 09.27.02 @ 03.26 PM |
Like the opensource , the dot org must go open and free to collaborate into web developpement, one name for free is nothing towards others such .net and .com , so come on let's fly !
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Subject: Not-for-profit is the way to go!
Posted by Matthew Pusey at 09.27.02 @ 01.59 PM |
Last time I checked .org stands for "organisation" not "commercialisation". Go IMS!
.org should be unrestricted
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Subject: I give my support...
Posted by Antoine Delvaux at 09.25.02 @ 07.05 AM |
... and the support of the non for profit organization I'm in called Cassiopea. I think you are working in the same direction as we are, trying to make internet an InTERREnet, a real place for non for profit organizations with more freedom and equity.
ps: In french TERRE means EARTH.
In my years of experience as a software and Internet professional I have learned that there are several things you can rely on and several that you can't. You can rely on those 'invisible' pieces of software that keep the Internet (and our local network) working: DNS, BIND, root files, routers. You can not rely on companies that suddenly appear, grow quickly and whose concept of values consists solely of shareholder value. They do not tend to be around for very long. You can rely on a relatively small group of people who have actually defined and built the Internet as we know it, who have the intelligence and knowledge and have shown their commitment over the years.
Having seen the different offerings for managing the .org domain I must say I am most impressed by the IMS/ISC one. These are the people we need and this is a party we need: non-profit, no corporate interests in the background and very experienced. These people actually wrote DNS/BIND. They know what they are talking about. Their board is quite impressive as well. I am convinced they are the most reliable organization ICANN could choose for this domain.
Yours sincerely,
Bas Doeksen,
CEO,
River,
Amsterdam
Netherlands
It is my hope that your proposal will be accepted. I think your idea of running the .org TLDs as a public trust and not as a profit center is an excellent idea, and one that would be of great value to the online community
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Subject: You have my support...
Posted by Taggert Siegel at 09.23.02 @ 07.13 AM |
Technically, you sound very competent, and non-commercial makes a big difference in my book. Plus Illiad @ userfriendly linked to you, and his support makes ya sound even better.
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Subject: casting my vote of support
Posted by linda andrews at 09.23.02 @ 06.01 AM |
Internet Multicasting Service and the Internet Software Consortium have my support to assume the .org TLD operator.
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Subject: Good mojo comming your way
Posted by Tore Cherly Naesheim at 09.22.02 @ 11.34 PM |
Hope you get it, caus we need it to be up and running 24-7!
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Subject: You have my support
Posted by Dale Linegar at 09.22.02 @ 05.03 PM |
You have my support guys - you seem to be in it for the right reasons. Best of luck.
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Subject: I trust you
Posted by Jonas Bofj”ll at 09.22.02 @ 06.16 AM |
Not only should .org be non-profit, but it is also important that it is run on a solid technical basis. I trust you are the most compentent competitor. The .org TLD is a well rooted domain and many depend on its future.
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Subject: You have my full support
Posted by Serge Boucher at 09.22.02 @ 04.02 AM |
The .org tld is aimed at non-profit organisations, so I don't believe it can be efficiently managed by anything else than a non-profit organisation.
What's more, you look like you have the most expertise of the bidding companies, and I believe that's just as important to manage the domain effectively.
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Subject: You have my support
Posted by Elliot Glaysher at 09.20.02 @ 08.56 AM |
The .org TLD should MUST be run by a non-profit. You have my support.
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Subject: ORG should be run with non-profit aproach
Posted by Ricardo Valfreixo at 09.20.02 @ 01.33 AM |
and i think you're the best to make that possible. behind you 150%
Vx
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Subject: You have my support
Posted by Stian Trana at 09.19.02 @ 11.21 PM |
Non-profit!
Thats the thing that matters!
Besides, if it works DONT fix it!
You have my support!
Best of luck!!
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Subject: I'm behind ya!
Posted by Brent Garber at 09.19.02 @ 09.14 PM |
100%
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Subject: .org vs. .com
Posted by Jelena Pjesivac at 09.19.02 @ 12.58 PM |
Your bid has my support
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Subject: word is bond
Posted by Joel Faucett at 09.19.02 @ 10.32 AM |
Your bid has my support.
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Subject: The only competitor with clean hands and a sound vision?
Posted by Kenno Vanommeslaeghe at 09.19.02 @ 06.33 AM |
After having visited the websites of the competition (exept the one of the .org foundation that was down at the moment -- what a display of reliability), I found out most of them are commercial or have strong bands with commercial organisations (and I think we all agree that this is not the way to run something entirely aimed at non-profit). As for the others, UIA doesn't seem to have much experience or vision, and the Dot Org foundation seems to be an odd mix of all kinds of different interests. While this is not necessarily a negative thing, I personally rather would put my trust in IMS/ISC. So beside all positive arguments why IMS/ISC should win, here's a negative argument: the others are less worth supporting.
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Subject: You have my full support
Posted by Andreas Bergstr¯m at 09.19.02 @ 03.59 AM |
all tlds should be handled by non-commcial public entities.
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Subject: Remember the .org/.com differences!
Posted by Wouter Thielen at 09.18.02 @ 08.06 AM |
The .org TLD must remain a non-profit TLD, and henceforth should be managed by a non-profit organization, and the IMS/ISC is the only candidate conforming to that requirement.
I hereby support IMS/ISC to have the .org TLD managed.
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Subject: Adding my support
Posted by Geoff Sheridan at 09.18.02 @ 03.11 AM |
I support the IMC bid. Geoff Sheridan, Webmaster, London UK
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Subject: I hereby register my voice in this matter.
Posted by Zach Collins at 09.18.02 @ 01.04 AM |
As witnessed by the previous attempt to manage the .ORG TLD, a for-profit company cannot adequately perform this task to the RFC specifications involved. As witnessed by the undisclosed clients of the reviewing consultancy for registrar proposals, neither can such companies be trusted to adequately review their own qualifications for this matter.
The .ORG TLD is not only a public trust, it is a sacred trust. Attempting to profit from it damages its sanctity, its respectability, its integrity. Were I to begin turning a profit from a .org address, I would attempt to register or otherwise utilise a .com in its place, as a matter of course. This is simply good ethical and moral business practice.
It is easy to give in to greed and dishonesty for most people. I believe that this not-for-profit group is much less likely to do so, due the the fact of its organizational status. Non-profits are not exempt from ethical failures, but they are more strictly bound to spend their monies in pursuit of the common good.
Not only that, but the IMS/ISC group most certainly does have the technical knowhow to perform these tasks. I believe in them and their capacity for reliable, ethical service. ICANN appears to believe in money over integrity, and bureaucratic theory over proven capability.
Which would you choose?
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Subject: Remember it's .org
Posted by Jon Larabee at 09.17.02 @ 07.23 PM |
I whole heartedly support this movement. .org or organization. Who better to run things than the mantainer of Bind himself? Obviously there can be nothing better in my eyes than the power of the net laying in its citizens, not in some money grabbing, private enterprise. After all, it makes sense. The job is best done by those who love to do it, not those with alterior motives.
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Subject: Keep .org non-profit
Posted by Adrian Glover at 09.17.02 @ 10.56 AM |
The Internet Multicasting Service and the Internet Software Consortium are the only choice to become the .org TLD operator.
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Subject: my support
Posted by Keith Hunt at 09.17.02 @ 08.45 AM |
The IMS/ISC proposal to become the .org TLD operator has my full support.
Keith Hunt keith@uakron.edu
Assistant Director
Internet & Server Systems
The University of Akron
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Subject: .org should be run by a non-profit...
Posted by Troy Baer at 09.17.02 @ 08.11 AM |
The absurdity of having a TLD designated for non-profit organizations run by a for-profit company is too silly even for Monty Python. Let .org be run by the people who designed DNS in the first place.
--Troy
You have my full support.
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Subject: .org should be non-profit!
Posted by Matthijs at 09.17.02 @ 05.15 AM |
the .org domain is _the_ domain to be managed by a non-profit organisation!
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Subject: I'm with you.
Posted by Jessica Davis at 09.16.02 @ 07.14 PM |
I wholeheartedly support your cause. It's terrific what you're doing. Congratulations.
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Subject: The Internet is free!!!
Posted by Adriano R. Guerreiro Laranjeira at 09.16.02 @ 11.46 AM |
We must keep the capitalist sharks from the domain that is made for the non-profit organizations. Alive the freedom, and the right of choice of the people!
8-)
Adriano R.Guerreiro Laranjeira
S“o Bernardo do Campo
SP, Brasil!
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Subject: my support
Posted by andre passamani at 09.16.02 @ 11.30 AM |
Keep '.org' outta commercial interests!
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Subject: My Support
Posted by Srinath at 09.16.02 @ 06.15 AM |
Its only to say ......
I herby give my full Support for The Internet Multicasting Service and the Internet Software Consortium to become the .org TLD operator.
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Subject: Support for IMS/ISC Proposal
Posted by Rob Szarka at 09.15.02 @ 08.05 PM |
As the operator of several name servers and the owner, administrator, and/or technical contact for dozens of .org domains, I couldn't care less whether the operator of the .org registry "makes a profit". I do care a great deal whether they run their service competently and in the spirit of a public trust. For that reason, I support IMS/ISC in their bid.
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Subject: You have my vote! Non-profit is always good.
Posted by Markus Hanauska at 09.14.02 @ 08.19 PM |
Non-profit is always good. Why? Because people must understand that not everything in life is about profit. Profit is important if you want to run a business, but not everything in life is a business. There are other values that are to be rated higher than capitalism.
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Subject: You've got my vote
Posted by Aaron Howell at 09.14.02 @ 05.20 PM |
.org should be run by a not-for-profit, and this is the best one I've seen so far.
I strongly believe that .org MUST remain a public trust and be maintained by a non-profit entity. As for expertise, the maintainer of BIND might be adequately qualified.
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Subject: There should be an alternative
Posted by Carl Free at 09.13.02 @ 02.46 PM |
If all the top level domains are managed by the same group or same type of groups, how would we know the difference between good and bad management?
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Subject: It's about time!
Posted by Martijn Vos at 09.13.02 @ 09.46 AM |
I've always wondered why the TLD name distribution was in the hands of commercial organisation. This is a public service, not some enterprise opportunity, and as such, it should be handled by a non-profit organisation, preferably with strong ties to the internet community.
(I mean, look at the Network Solutions fiasco. And if it has to be commercially exploited, then it should be done by the people who made the whole system, and not by some newcomer with money.)
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Subject: Who could be better
Posted by Jon Tollerton at 09.13.02 @ 05.23 AM |
Who could be better at understanding the needs of non-profits than a non-profit? Who could be better at understanding the complexity and scale issues to set up root domain servers than the people who produce the software that most of the internet runs on? It boggles my mind that this is something that was even questioned. Why should a non-profit's fees ultimately end up in the hands of a for-profit entitity.
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Subject: support the .org
Posted by mastermind at 09.12.02 @ 01.44 PM |
Its big biz as usual, step off give back live happy. stop spamming the innocent oh ya piece to all brothers and sisters. well except for you.. ya you the one in the corner sitting there giving me the nasty look.
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Subject: Org for ORG
Posted by Eric Towers at 09.12.02 @ 09.53 AM |
It would seem most appropriate that the registrar for the ORG TLD be a candidate for inclusion in the ORG domain. How else could the registrar be able to correctly represent the issues peculiar to the type of client for which the domain is specified. Clearly, then by RFC-920, the registrar of the ORG TLD cannot be:
government,
education,
commercial,
or minitary.
This interpretation is strengthened by RFC-1032, in which it is stated "'ORG' exists as a parent to subdomains that do not clearly fall within the other top-level domains."
RFC-1591 continues in a similar way, "[ORG is the] TLD for organizations that didn't fit anywhere else".
Consequently, it is ridiculous to consider registrars for the ORG TLD that are government, education, commercial, or militart entities. Reviewing the list of registrar candidates, there is essentially only one applicant fitting this constraint. Therefore, ISC/IMS is the only candidate suitable for registration of the ORG TLD.
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Subject: Support
Posted by Ian Rolfe at 09.12.02 @ 02.56 AM |
All DNS should be run by non-profit organistaions or a global organisation with representatives from each country
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Subject: Support for IMS/ISC bid
Posted by Steven Bakker at 09.12.02 @ 01.32 AM |
I fully support the IMS/ISC bid for becoming the .org TLD operator. One reason is that I think a domain (originally meant) for non-profit organizations should be run by a non-profit organization. Another reason is that I think IMS/ISC are clueful and skilled, despite what the ICANN preliminary evaluation says.
Good luck, folks!
- Steven
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Subject: .org is a public trust
Posted by Karie at 09.12.02 @ 12.56 AM |
You have my support on this bid.
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Subject: Support from .co.nz (New Zealand)
Posted by Andrew Dixon at 09.11.02 @ 06.27 PM |
to may people internet addresses not ending in .com are a mystery.
To those of us who 'live' elsewhere non-com TLD's are important.
To have the control of .org (a non-profit designation) pass to a profit driven company is unacceptable.
The Internet Multicasting Service and the Internet Software Consortium are my logical support for administering the .org TLD.
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Subject: Go for it IMS!
Posted by George Erhard at 09.10.02 @ 08.42 AM |
You guys pioneered the DNS system, and put a lot of work into the infrastructure so far. So it'd be abysmally stupid to appoint anyone else to run the .org TLD... that's notwihstanding your proven ability to operate a not-for-profit. You also seem to have the public interest at heart, which is take ALL monies collected and push them into making the TLD operate better, more smoothly, less downtime, etc. By making the .org TLD as not-for-profit friendly as you can, you'll encourage groups to utilize it, rather than get scalped by some fly-by-night registrar and forsake web presence thereafter.
The other guys seem to be all about putting ca$h into their pockets and passing the loose change to whatever charity happens to be holding the cup out at the moment... probably only as a tax write-off as well. We don't want THEM running anything that has to do with non-commercial domainspace, because that's all they are -- commercial.
So I hope you all get the bid.
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Subject: Full Support for IMS/IMC Bid
Posted by Alik Widge at 09.09.02 @ 07.53 AM |
As an At Large member of ICANN and a web developer for a number of non-profit organizations in the education and healthcare fields, I fully support the IMS/IMC bid for .org registrar. Their team is composed of Internet veterans with clear experience in maintaining such large databases and extensive familiarity with the DNS infrastructure. Moreover, they are absolutely correct that oversight of this non-profit resource is best done by an entirely non-profit entity in order to ensure openness and avoid any conflicts of interest.
Alik Widge
School of Computer Science
Carnegie Mellon University
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Subject: Support the IMS/ISC proposal.
Posted by Dave Taillefer at 09.08.02 @ 11.07 PM |
It is our opinion that the IMS/ISC proposal is a genuine and sincere WILL to improve the Internet community. You have our full support.
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Subject: .org IS a public trust!
Posted by Rebecca Stanton at 09.06.02 @ 01.08 PM |
I agree, and I support the IMS bid to operate .org.
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Subject: For profit makes best infrstructure?!?
Posted by Martin White at 09.06.02 @ 01.22 AM |
The Internet was developed by geeks and techs and not by the monopolies who seek to dominate it and rewrite history now.
.org represents the non-profit sites, the charities and the communities. It does not stand for shareholders and pigopolists, it does not stand for suppression and domination.
The way in which the TLD is managed should reflect what stands for.
Let the commercials have the .com and .biz TLD's, these domains have always been for commercial purposes and the way in which they are managed should reflect this.
I see no way in which a commercial entity can support the interests of the .org community or any other not for profit group as its descisions (despite any not for profit element) must be based soley on rpofit margins. The .org must be run in the public interest by a wholey non profit group of techs who are fully accountable and fully transparant to the public which they will serve.
.com for commercials!
.net for the networks!
.org for the PEOPLE!
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Subject: Full support
Posted by Matthew Taylor at 09.06.02 @ 12.24 AM |
After reading through the qualifications for IMS/ISC, I would like to extend my full support to their bid to manage the .org domain. I fully support the idea of the .org TLD being run by a public trust, and these organizations will accomplish that goal.
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Subject: Infrastructure is not commercial
Posted by J Deutch at 09.05.02 @ 10.03 AM |
Many parts of our nation's infrastructure are not run as a competative business: roads, electrical distribution, mail. The interest of the people is best served by regulations which keep these networks running smoothly, on a not-for-profit, or fixed margin profit, basis. ICANN's attemps to turn internet infrastructure into a free market are more likely to hurt the infrastructure than to increase service or reduce cost to consumers. I strongly favor the non-profit bid for the .org domain.
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Subject: .org is best not-for-profit
Posted by Trista Robichaud at 09.05.02 @ 06.23 AM |
It's hard enough to keep non-profit organizations afloat. Let's keep their home on the web safe and well maintained. :)
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Subject: Go for a fairly world !
Posted by Florian Gruber at 09.05.02 @ 12.50 AM |
I fully support the bid and proposal of IMS and ISC to administer the .ORG TLD.
The people involved in this project have great intensions and I hope they will reach their goal it will be a good thing for the community.
The spread between the technology world and the third world will not become smaller by exclude countries from technologies because it would not be profitable to serve that countries or group of persons.
Financial motivation for that reason will lead to unequal treatment of involved parties.
It is very important that this key technique of communication will be controlled by fair non commercial body.
Good luck and fully support by
Florian Gruber
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Subject: .org is not .$$$
Posted by Joseph D'Cruz at 09.04.02 @ 09.28 PM |
I work in the development sector - helping communities in poor countries put together projects and programmes to improve their lives. Many of the IT-related projects we put together have small community websites, and these are almost always .org
That's the kind of thing the .org TLD was MEANT for, NON-PROFIT organisations. If .org is given away to some money-making machine it will soon be just another commercial alias to the dot-coms, and out of reach of the people I work with.
PLEASE DON'T LET THAT HAPPEN!
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Subject: maybe .org could be independent?
Posted by Eric Barlettani at 09.04.02 @ 03.24 PM |
We need more organizing power in this day and age. Look at the way we've got money misappropriated and all this nonsense.
.Org being handled by a non profit sure does support the type of future I am looking for. I run with several non profits that support the arts and I tense up everytime I see a corporation trying to ease into a dominant power-drunk-abusive-father role. The Internet is about exchange of information, collaboration, grandeous universal vision.. not solely green backs (or properly put -- "soullessness").
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Subject: .org TLD
Posted by Chris Dunlap at 09.04.02 @ 01.04 PM |
There is enough Big Brother/Business intervention in our daily lives that we surely do not need yet another inroad for them to start trying to send even more unsoliced crap our way. Like comercials to the television they will destroy the spirit of the .org TLD as they destroy most everything else the profit motive/pleasure principle touches! Stop the spread of this plague NOW!
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Subject: Full Support
Posted by John Morris at 09.04.02 @ 12.51 PM |
I fully support your bid to manage the .org TLD.
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Subject: Power to the people
Posted by Arne Loeining at 09.04.02 @ 12.16 AM |
You fully have my support.. The moneymakers have enough of the web already.
Keep it going
Arne
-Chaosrealist
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Subject: complete support
Posted by nickmatic at 09.03.02 @ 08.05 PM |
I fully support the proposal and hope everyone will do what they can to spread the word. Help keep commercial interests out of .org!
I've put the 'spread the dot' logo on our main product info pages: http://getanagram.com/
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Subject: more people like IMS/ISC
Posted by Michael Geier at 09.03.02 @ 07.24 PM |
...and maybe we could get rid of SPAM too!
Why would anyone want to trust a commercial company with a top level domain DNS when major commercial ISPs (whom I won't mention here) and other companies can't even keep their own local DNS servers running for their customers?
DNS stability is vital to the working of the internet. ISC/IMS makes sense to me.
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Subject: full support
Posted by Balazs Martos at 09.03.02 @ 08.55 AM |
I strongly support the IMS/ISC proposal. These highly competent people will run az excellent .org TLD service for sure. I hope they win!
Balazs Martos
.hu TLD registry
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Subject: .org TLD should not be (mis)used for earning $$$
Posted by Nikhil Puntambekar at 09.03.02 @ 07.20 AM |
I believe that most of the .org registrant are not porfit organistation. ISC is more capable of handling such non-profit projects than any for profit organisation.
I support ISC/IMS
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Subject: to run .org
Posted by Arnold Nipper at 09.03.02 @ 01.50 AM |
I fully support your bid!
Good luck,
Arnold
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Subject: GO FOR IT
Posted by tom harmon at 09.02.02 @ 07.43 PM |
Most of the technical information on your site is way
beyond my depth. Nevertheless, I like your style and
fully support the notion that TLD .ORG should be
operated in the public interest and actually mean
something. I know that is a lot to ask but hey
give it a shot.
TOM HARMON
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Subject: .org is a not-for-profit area
Posted by Pete Stanton at 09.02.02 @ 12.13 PM |
IMS is the obvious choice; people who know what they're doing, whose primary aim is to do the job as well as possible for the benefit of users sums up the ideal of the Tim Berners-Lee's web.
I strongly support your proposal to become the .org TLD administrator. You're clearly in touch with the roots of the Internet as a community service, not a commercial opportunity. Let me know how I can help. - Chris
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Subject: Keep .org non-commercial
Posted by Dan Sabath at 09.02.02 @ 09.58 AM |
I've been using the internet since 1990 and partaking in all of its diversity (not just the web). I remember the sell out of INTERNIC to NetSol and their blatant abuse of the internic domain. There is no way that a commercial entity can manage a resource that is meant for non-profit usage without bias.
I support your bid for the .org TLD.
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Subject: Support ISC/IMS running .org TLD
Posted by Douglas G. Allen at 09.02.02 @ 09.08 AM |
After having looked at the proposal of ISC/IMS and having used services provided by either on or both these organizations over the last several years, I believe they are capable and have demonstrated the ability to administer the .org TLD.
It is my opinion, based upon previous experiences with the orgainzations that they can and would do the job in an unbiased manner. Also, since the .org TLD is the place where non-profit organizations reside, I feel it is appropriate to have non-profit organizations running the day to day operation of the domain.
Douglas G. Allen
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Subject: spreading the dot
Posted by Dennis Stout at 09.02.02 @ 05.03 AM |
You have my support :)
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Subject: Good Luck
Posted by Ed Clayton at 09.01.02 @ 07.37 AM |
The Internet is becoming far too commercialised, and anything that will help the average user rather than some faceless corporation is a good thing, especially in this case. Good luck.
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Subject: Stop commercialization
Posted by J.Beerman at 09.01.02 @ 02.43 AM |
I completely agree with the proposal made above. I have seen with dismay the intoduction of commercial and unscrupulous registrations in the .org domain.
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Subject: Expressing my support
Posted by Johny at 08.31.02 @ 11.27 PM |
At the moment I don't have the time to write a fancy post of why I support ISC/IMS, but I don't really think I need to anyway. It's all in their proposal. And they have my support.
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Subject: Support
Posted by Jay Thorne at 08.31.02 @ 10.23 PM |
UF supports .org in the public trust.
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Subject: Endorsement of the IMS/ISC proposal
Posted by Chip Rosenthal at 08.31.02 @ 01.10 PM |
As a long-time Internet participant and .ORG stakeholder, I enthusiastically support the IMS/ISC proposal to manage the .ORG registry. The principals have a proven track record in designing and deploying Internet infrastructure. To have this proposal declined on the basis of technical evaluation is a sham of a travesty of a mockery of a sham.
Chip Rosenthal
chip@unicom.com
webmaster@rlitc.org
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Subject: Statement of support
Posted by David Kessens at 08.30.02 @ 02.43 PM |
I strongly believe that the Internet community
is best served by a not-for profit
managing any TLD and the root zone.
The people behind IMS and ISC have a long
history and excellent reputation in the Internet
community. I believe that we as an Internet
community can trust them to do a good job
managing the .org TLD.
David Kessens
Nokia
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Subject: The best .org money can buy
Posted by Kurt Jaeger at 08.30.02 @ 11.09 AM |
Hi!
I know the projects run by carl marlamud
and paul vixie (and others in this .org
team) for many years.
e.g. LF.net covered the .9.4.TPC.INT service
area when ENUM wasn't even on the horizont.
We think this proposal and the team behind
it is the very best .org proposal that is
possible, in every aspect.
I hope ICANN gets the message.
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Subject: Spreading the dot!
Posted by Dusty D. Wilson at 08.28.02 @ 12.39 PM |
Proudly spreading the dot!
love for people should drive all actions of all people at all times! unfortunately as this is not the case, we must attempt to best decide to support those who come nearest to that ideal, rather than ones whose pure love of Self drives all their thoughts and actions. upon close investigation, a distinction can usually be made... you shall know them by their actions. In conclusion, I support this proposal above the others, because to the best of my knowledge, it serves the people the best.
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Subject: I support the Trusted.Resource bid
Posted by Rustin H. Wright at 08.27.02 @ 08.37 PM |
This is a key chance to commit to the spirit and the functionality that made the web possible and made it glorious. From the first days of the IP protocol, what has become the Internet has become what it has in large part through the understanding that just this once a public treasure truly will be better run outside of both government AND corporate hands.
As a capitalist, an online citizen since 1982 (you can call me RW1P@cmu.edu), and the possessor of two domains, I feel that it is crucial that we move outside of the current religion that insists that only short-sighted next-quarter-profit oriented businesses can ever do a job well.
Give TLD authority to Trusted.Resource.org.
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Subject: You have my support
Posted by Mauricio Uribe at 08.27.02 @ 07.03 PM |
I agree with what is being proposed; dot-orgs should be administered by an "org" and not a corporation. "For the people, by the people"...That's what I always interpreted from the original "spirit and theme" for the creation of the dot-org TLD.
Good Luck to the bid!
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Subject: Support for Not for Profit organisation
Posted by Martin Kennedy at 08.27.02 @ 03.18 PM |
In the days of corporate gangsterism in For Profit organisations, it's important that we maintain a culture of public service. Carry on the good work!
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Subject: fully support the ISC/IMS .org proposal
Posted by James Beal at 08.27.02 @ 07.52 AM |
As a It manager of 12 years experience I am confident that the ISC is a body full capable of administering the .org domain.
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Subject: A proposal to have confidence in!
Posted by Niall O'Reilly at 08.27.02 @ 06.36 AM |
Congratulations on your proposal, and on the underlying philosophy. This is the approach which ICANN should have been fostering from the beginning: competent operation of infrastructure covered by cost-related charges.
I hope ICANN can recognise this opportunity!
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Subject: fully support the ISC/IMS .org proposal
Posted by Wytze van der Raay at 08.27.02 @ 05.07 AM |
I fully support the .org proposal from ISC/IMS -- these organizations are more than qualified for this important task
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Subject: RE: .org is a public trust
Posted by Mattias From at 08.26.02 @ 08.33 AM |
The .org, existing for non-profit organisations, being handled by such an organisation is important in the more and more commercialized internet.
Paul & Carl both have exemplary track records with respect to Doing Good things for the Internet Community, most oftenly without personal gain or profit, but merely for the Greatest Good for the Greatest Number(s). I can't think of a better Dynamic Duo team to manage .ORG than Vixie & Malamud.
--Geoff Goodfellow
p.s. They'll obviously have More Fun doing it than just about anyone else as well! ;)
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Subject: All for the ethical and open management of this TLD as proposed here.
Posted by Alex Huppenthal at 08.25.02 @ 09.55 AM |
I've read the proposal. The qualifications of the organization and their long history of supporting open and ethical behavior inherent in assuming such a priveledge is unique. I trust they will do a great job.
Alex Huppenthal, AspenWorks, Ltd, Aspen, CO.
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Subject: honesty
Posted by Donald F. Wortman at 08.25.02 @ 09.08 AM |
I think that we all need to start working together and start being honest with our fellow man.
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Subject: support for a non-for profit .org proposal
Posted by Federico Carrillo at 08.23.02 @ 12.42 PM |
Knowledge, its generation, clasification, distribution, and application should certainly be handled as a public trust. There is no greater danger to our civilization and personal development than the attempt to subordinate knowledge exchange to profit making. Your proposal is most sensible in advancing an objective. I fully suport it.
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Subject: Support for .org as a public trust
Posted by Jim Lieb at 08.23.02 @ 09.25 AM |
I support the bid for IMS and ISC to manage the
.org domain. The Internet would not be here without
the developers and organizations they support.
Providing a non-profit revenue stream via registration
fees is a good combination to continue that vital
support.
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Subject: Suport for your proposal
Posted by anna at 08.23.02 @ 05.43 AM |
Best of luck with this clearly sensible and beneficial proposal. I have placed a 'dot' on my site to show support.
I fully support this effort. I agree the .org registry service should be operated as a public trust. I have the utmost confidence these people can do that very well.
Ronald van der Pol
Amsterdam
You certainly have my support. I think it's important that the TLD reserved for non-commercial organizations remain in the hands of such appropriate guardians.
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Subject: .org
Posted by Paolo Moroni at 08.21.02 @ 10.26 PM |
I consider the bid of ISC and IMS for the .org TLD
as useful for the whole Internet community.
I fully support it.
The *PEOPLE* of the IMS and ISC have demonstrated their technical prowess and passionate support of the Internet over many, many yearts. I strongly support their bid to manage .org
Sincerely,
Fred R. Ziegler
Medford,MA
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Subject: ISC as .org registry
Posted by Stian Oksavik at 08.21.02 @ 08.03 AM |
The Internet Software Consortium has played a crucial role in the evolution of the domain name system; among their contributions may be mentioned the most-widely used DNS server on the Internet (BIND) as well as their contribution operating a DNS root server.
ISC has proven themselves to be competent and reliable. Furthermore, they don't treat the Internet as merely a cash cow to be milked for corporate profit, which is more than I can say for certain (most) other players in the registry business.
I feel .org should stay non-profit, be under the control of a non-profit organization AND be operated by a non-profit organization. I have my own domain under .org, and of all the candidates who have bid to take over this TLD from VeriSign, none are more suited than the Internet Software Consortium.
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Subject: Support for the Internet Multicasting Service's bid for .org management
Posted by Dale Whiteaker-Lewis at 08.21.02 @ 07.31 AM |
Please make an enlightened decision to allocate management of the .org Top Level Domain to the Internet Multicasting Service, as they are the only purely non-profit organization bidding for the job, and they are a group of highly experienced Internet professionals dedicate to keeping the .org domain as the location of not-for-profit organizations worldwide.
Dale Whiteaker-Lewis
Network Engineer
Austin, TX USA
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Subject: I support the ISC/IMS bid for .org
Posted by Glenn Trewitt at 08.20.02 @ 10.09 PM |
These people are some of the original Internet pioneers, and see this stewardship as a public trust. This is important, especially for .org. Since .org is for non-profits and NGOs, it is entirely appropriate that it be run by a non-profit orgination.
Sincerely,
Glenn Trewitt
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Subject: IMS/ISC should be it, not the corps.
Posted by Scott Dier at 08.20.02 @ 08.41 PM |
The ICANN has shown again that they CANT get the idea that IMS/ISC is the best possible group to take care of .org . This isn't some fundless .org, nor is it some shell .org, this is a true group of people who care.
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Subject: ...well - this sounds like a decent proposal!
Posted by Wilfried Woeber at 08.20.02 @ 09.10 AM |
The geeks may be talking yes/no, or 0/1, or RFC or some other strange letter combinations.
Business people may be talking thousands or millions of put your favourite currency symbol here, but the real world usually is not exactly black or white and quick profit or loss.
I think, in the long run, it's the people making the big difference - and a public trust approach is certainly a very welcome icing on top of this cake!
Knowing some of the proponents pretty well, and looking back at the privilege of working with some of them, it's a pleasure to support this proposal. Go ahead, at full speed! (And try to keep the focus :-)
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Subject: .org is a public trust
Posted by daniel angerer at 08.20.02 @ 01.59 AM |
.org is a public trust
.org is a public trust
.org is a public trust
.org is a public trust
.org is a public trust
.org is a public trust
.org is a public trust
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Subject: Fully support IMS and ISC administering the .ORG TLD
Posted by Robert W. Raftery at 08.19.02 @ 10.09 PM |
I fully support the bid and proposal of IMS and ISC to administer the .ORG TLD. The track record of these two organizations speaks for itself... listen to it.
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Subject: I support not-for-profit .org registrar without hesitation
Posted by Cengiz Alaettinoglu at 08.19.02 @ 05.31 PM |
"not-for-profit" model for .org registrar makes a lot of sense. Note that this team is capable of running the registrar better than "for-profit" companies.
Cengiz
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Subject: Full support for the proposal
Posted by Yuri Demchenko at 08.19.02 @ 03.12 PM |
I hereby fully support the proposal and bid to run the .org TLD by non-commercial organisation in a public trust.
Experience and all past contributions of IMS and ISC to the Internet community fully qualify authors/proposers for this mission.
Yuri Demchenko,
Netherlands and Ukraine
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Subject: I approve of your proposal and support your bid
Posted by Tom Tschritter at 08.19.02 @ 12.58 PM |
I support your proposal as the best option for the .org domains.
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Subject: Adding my voice
Posted by Troy Conklin at 08.19.02 @ 12.23 PM |
Just wanted to make sure I added my voice to the support to this endeavor....
Troy
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Subject: Email of Support for .Org
Posted by Cynthia Whitmire at 08.19.02 @ 10.13 AM |
We definitely need organizations like .Org, not greedy self-interest for-profit organizations who don't understand our plight.
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Subject: .ORG FOR .ORGS
Posted by Nicholas Basso at 08.19.02 @ 09.03 AM |
Non Profit Organizations should be overseen by Non Profit Organizations, not by .com companies who can't even keep their own websites alive, much less earn a buck.
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Subject: support for a not-for-profit .org registrar
Posted by Victor Reijs at 08.19.02 @ 04.58 AM |
I fully support a not for profit organisation to provide the .org domains to the people!
All the best,
Victor
I fully support this proposal and its goal of making the .org TLD a home for non-commercial organisations. IMS and ISC are more than qualified for taking on this task. I doubt there are many others of which that could be said.
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Subject: support for ims/isc's dot org proposal
Posted by Frans ter Borg at 08.18.02 @ 11.43 PM |
I agree that dot org should be kept in the public domain and not given away to a commercial organisation.
I trust the people at IMS and ISC to have more than sufficient competence to run this service far better than most commercial organisations taking part in domain registration services at the moment.
Frans ter Borg
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Subject: support
Posted by Meike S. at 08.18.02 @ 01.37 PM |
the way is the goal...
you¥re on the right track! go guys!!!
you have my support!
Meike S., L¸neburg, Germany
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Subject: Support for non commercial .org usage and registry
Posted by Cees de Laat at 08.18.02 @ 10.15 AM |
I fully support the efforts to keep the .org TLD non-commercial.
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Subject: Supporting the ".org is a public trust" initiative
Posted by Frank Kuiper at 08.18.02 @ 01.35 AM |
I hereby fully support the initiative and bid to place the .org TLD maintenance in a public trust.
I also hope that the governance of this public trust keeps in close contact with all the domain users in the .org TLD, to serve this group as best as possible.
Frank Kuiper
Waalre
The Netherlands
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Subject: Can ICANN get this one right.
Posted by Brian Hatch at 08.17.02 @ 08.11 PM |
Now is the time for ICANN to do the right thing. Turn down the for-profit corporations who only wish to fill their coffers and hype another land grab. Unlike the others, I would trust IMS and ISC to keep .org running for it's sake, not their own. Their motivations are clear and honorable. They can do the job. And without the greed of previous tld registrars, they can do it right.
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Subject: Support for IMS/ISC bid to run the .ORG TLD
Posted by James Aldridge at 08.17.02 @ 02.30 PM |
As administrator of the mcvax.org domain, and having reviewed the documents, I fully support this effort to manage the .ORG TLD.
James Aldridge
Amsterdam, NL
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Subject: Support
Posted by Fred Avolio at 08.17.02 @ 01.35 PM |
You have my support and the support of my whole corporation.
Fred
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Subject: You have my support
Posted by Ulf Harnhammar at 08.17.02 @ 09.50 AM |
I fully support your proposal. Seeing as domain registries are an important part of Internet's infrastructure, it makes a lot of sense to open the source for all the software, as the resulting peer review increases security and stability.
// Ulf Harnhammar
System developer
ST-Registry
http://www.nic.st/
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Subject: humble support from Hungary
Posted by Peter Abraham at 08.16.02 @ 01.51 PM |
I agree with your aims, so I support you in order to be successful in bidding.
Best regards,
Peter
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Subject: .org is a Public Trust and should be non-commercial
Posted by D. J. Siegel at 08.16.02 @ 11.53 AM |
I support the proposal to have IMS ISC be the .org TLD operator.
Thanks
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Subject: Expression of Support for IMS/ISC
Posted by Roger Arcilla at 08.16.02 @ 08.46 AM |
I would like to express support for this noble initiative of Internet pioneers whose lives, works and dedication made the Internet what it is today. I would like to quote from the letter of support of Kent Landfield, which summarises the depth of feeling and passion they have for improving further the Internet so that it is accessible to the largest possible public.
“IMS/ISC team members are experienced Internet pioneers. They have been active in the Internet community for over 20 years. During that time, they have designed, authored, and maintained some of the most innovative and critically useful software and services. At the same time, they assured the software they developed was freely available to all. This has been an important item that helped fuel the growth of the net. Additionally, they understand service to the global community. . . . The team understands large scale database development and management. Their history with the SEC and USPTO made important public information truly public. These efforts are proving even more important given today's environment.
“ The IMS/ISC team is a not-for-profit organization and will not be under the same pressures a ‘For-profit-based’ organization would be. The selection of the IMS/ISC team will be extremely beneficial for all .ORG sites. With profit removed from the equation, their primary focus will be on improving services and support for the .ORG tld. The IMS/ISC team will be able to grow the domain from a perspective of value, not revenue...”
I hope many more in their tens of thousands will support the IMS/ISC team.
Roger Arcilla
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Subject: support
Posted by Francis Dupont at 08.16.02 @ 08.27 AM |
I fully support this proposal!
Managing any TLD is a great responsbility, one that cannot be undertaken lightly. The IMS/ISC team is joint effort of people who have a solid background as builders of the Internet's infrastructure. The team is well known and respected by those who have been around the Internet for many years. They know what it means to operate a root server. They are currently providing DNS hosting for 19 ccTLDs, 3 legacy gTLDs, and the F root server.Ý They have produced and supported the BIND software, the critical software running most domain name servers globally. They know the domain name system extremely well.
Besides their direct involvement with producing and or supporting BIND, DHCP, and INN software, IMS/ISC team also provide hosting for the various projects such as Lynx Web Browser, the NetBSD Foundation, the OpenLDAP Foundation, the IETF User Services Area, the XFree86 Project, and the Linux Kernel Archives.Ý The team understands large scale database development and management.
In addition, IMS/ISC team is a Not-for-profit organization, which is exactly who we want managing a (generally) not-for-profit TLD. While at least one of the candidates is already looking at ways to make money from this task, the IMS/ISC "Intent to Donate" 8% to the IETF and IAB is another unique approach to assuring ongoing infrastructure improvements of the global Internet.
In short, IMS/ISC team is extremely technologically talented, innovative, highly ethical and focused on enhancing the Internet infrastructure. I can think of no better foundation to serve as the manager of a TLD.
After reviewing all the supplied proposals I wish to express my support, and that of The Internet FAQ Consortium (faqs.org), hypermail.org, and WU-FTPD.org, for the selection of the IMS/ISC team to manage the registry for the .ORG tld.
The IMS/ISC team is joint effort of people who have a solid background as builders of the Internet's infrastructure.Ý The projects they have been associated with have enhanced the Internet's viability, reliability, redundancy, ease of use and provided better access to public information. They now propose to do the same for the .ORG tld. The team is well known and respected by those who have been around the Internet for many years. They are not dot-comers who are here only because there is "another opportunity".
This partnership already has the experience needed to drastically improve the .ORG tld. They have experience in operating a root server. They are currently providing DNS hosting for 19 ccTLDs, 3 legacy gTLDs, and the F root server.Ý They have produced and continue to support the BIND software, the critical software running most domain name servers globally. They know the domain name system extremely well. This is not a case of just "an opportunity", as seems to be the case with a few of the proposals.Ý This is a case of "a real passion" to improve the .ORG tld.
IMS/ISC team members are experienced Internet pioneers. They have been active in the Internet community for over 20 years.Ý During that time, they have designed, authored, and maintained some of the most innovative and critically useful software and services. At the same time, they assured the software they developed was freely available to all.Ý This has been an important item that helped fuel the growth of the net. Additionally, they understand service to the global community. Besides their direct involvement with producing and or supporting BIND, DHCP, and INN software, they also provide hosting for the various projects such as Lynx Web Browser, the NetBSD Foundation, the OpenLDAP Foundation, the IETF User Services Area, the XFree86 Project, and the Linux Kernel Archives.Ý The team understands large scale database development and management. Their history with the SEC and USPTO made important public information truly public. These efforts are proving even more important given today's environment.
The IMS/ISC team is a not-for-profit organization and will not be under the same pressures a "For-profit-based" organization would be.Ý The selection of the IMS/ISC team will be extremely beneficial for all .ORG sites. With profit removed from the equation, their primary focus will be on improving services and support for the .ORG tld.Ý The IMS/ISC team will be able to grow the domain from a perspective of value, not revenue...
One of the candidate proposals describes how they are already looking at additional ways to generate more revenue.Ý The IMS/ISC proposal however, documents an "Intent to Donate" to the IETF and IAB. This shows the IMS/ISC's commitment to the Internet's continued growth. ItÝ is also a unique approach to assuring ongoing Internet standards work for infrastructure improvements.
As their history has shown, they are extremely technologically talented, innovative, highly ethical and focused on enhancing the foundation on which the Internet rests.
Comparing the proposals side by side, it is extremely clear the IMS/ISC proposal provides the best future for the .ORG tld and those of us who exist within it.
Kent Landfield
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Subject: Most definitely.
Posted by Alan Clegg at 08.16.02 @ 06.13 AM |
Having worked with several non-profit organizations, from churches to our local Boy Scout troop, I can say that dealing with the current mess of registrars has been painful.
I am 100% behind the move to simplify and solidify the registration of .org by an orginzation that does not have a profit motive.
I'm going to be sending information on this to all of my non-profits and hopefully they will provide additional support.
AlanC
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Subject: support of your initiative
Posted by Job Witteman at 08.16.02 @ 03.33 AM |
Good thing that a not-for-profit organization is tendering for non commercial domain name allocation!
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Subject: Support!
Posted by Jan Czmok at 08.16.02 @ 03.20 AM |
Dear Paul, dear Daniel!
You get my support from europe!
.org should be a public trust.
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Subject: not-for-profit .org authority
Posted by Mark Santcroos at 08.16.02 @ 01.40 AM |
I fully support the initiative to make the .org domain a not-for-profit activity again.
The people behind this initiative have proven to be technically sound and have vision.
They also have experience in running a not-for-profit registry.
Regards,
Mark
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Subject: excellence
Posted by Icknay at 08.16.02 @ 01.17 AM |
I fully support this proposal. Intelligence in the structuring of the Internet is becoming more difficult to find. Here, we have minds focused on fairness and balance.
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Subject: Support for the dot
Posted by Olaf M. Kolkman at 08.16.02 @ 01.05 AM |
The operation of .org should indeed be in the hands of a public trust.
We not only looking at a team of a number of the best Internet proffessionals on the globe but also at people that know how to operate and run not-for-profit organizations. This initiative deserves fuillest support.
--Olaf M. Kolkman
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Subject: Support for the bid on .org registar by IMS/ISC
Posted by Henk Steenman at 08.16.02 @ 01.00 AM |
I fully suppor the bid from IMS/ISC to become the .org registar. I have much confidence that these organizations and the people behind them will make this a success.
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Subject: Fully support this proposal
Posted by Henk Uijterwaal at 08.16.02 @ 12.56 AM |
As the maintainer of dombo.org and rtflb.org, I fully support this proposal.
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Subject: If anybody can do it...
Posted by Caroline Mackie at 08.16.02 @ 12.55 AM |
...you guys can.
Wish I knew how to support you more.
Caroline
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Subject: Support
Posted by M. Alves at 08.16.02 @ 12.52 AM |
I do support the Internet Multicasting Service and the Internet Software Consortium proposal to become the new .org TLD operator.
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Subject: I support you
Posted by Mally Mclane at 08.16.02 @ 12.29 AM |
I support the ISC bid for the .org TLD, I am sure the ISC would do a great job in running it!
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Subject: Support for IMS/ISC application to operate the .org registry
Posted by Mike Norris at 08.15.02 @ 11.27 PM |
The proposal is thorough and robust, and comes from people with a proven
commitment to the success of the Internet.
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Subject: I agree
Posted by Mike claffy at 08.15.02 @ 05.40 PM |
These are people seem free of corporate one sideness I think they will listen and be accountable. I can't think of more important qualities than that.
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Subject: Support for the .org bid by IMS and ISC
Posted by Joerg Micheel at 08.15.02 @ 04.43 PM |
I do support your bid for becoming an official registry for .org. I have known
the individuals through their work for the Internet community and I am
certain that they will work in the sole interest of the community.
Joerg Micheel
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Subject: The value of clue.
Posted by Johan Ihren at 08.15.02 @ 03.54 PM |
The need for clue in this area has never been greater and
I can think of no one with more of that commodity than
these people.
I fully trust them to the right thing with .ORG.
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Subject: I support IMS/ISC's bid to become the dot-org registrar
Posted by Javier Garcia at 08.15.02 @ 03.26 PM |
I support IMS/ISC's bid to become the dot-org registrar. I believe that they have the expertise to manage a robust, stable dot-org register.
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Subject: Full support
Posted by Nigel Titley at 08.15.02 @ 02.59 PM |
You have my full support. This seems an ideal team to run the
.org TLD. They are some of the few people I would really trust to operate this service for the good of the Internet, not some
money-grubbing johnny-come-lately dot com.
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Subject: Spread the dot
Posted by Niall Murphy at 08.15.02 @ 02.54 PM |
These are people refreshingly free of corporate scandal, greedy egos and mismanagement. I know they will listen and be accountable. I can't think of more important qualities than that.
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Subject: .org
Posted by kc claffy at 08.15.02 @ 02.43 PM |
there is noone better qualified than this team
to entrust with the care and maintenance of .org.
k
caida pi
858 534 8333
Considering how large a fraction of the people who make the net _actually_ work populate the .org domain, I wonder if the failure to appoint a universally respected, fair and non-profit domain-administrator for this domain would be what it would take to get a new alternate root-zone created ?
One way or another, Daniel and Paul are two people I would trust to do the right thing to the .org TLD, they have my full support.
Poul-Henning Kamp
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Subject: smashing.net supports IMS/ISC for .org
Posted by Mike Hughes at 08.15.02 @ 02.10 PM |
Please accept this registration of my support in respect of your bid for .org.
This bid is backed by some of the most trusted people and organisations in this industry - with a track record of involvement in projects for the good of the whole Internet.
What does a non-profit .org mean? It means no shareholders to bleed money to, it means not being at the mercy of markets and analysts.
What it means for the online community - a .org which here to stay.
Good luck!
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Subject: .org must be a non-profit
Posted by Kai Schlichting at 08.15.02 @ 01.30 PM |
The .org TLD registrar must be a true non-profit organization - there shall be no
business whatsoever in providing registration services for this TLD.
We've had addresses in .org domains going back to the time when domain registrations with INTERNIC were FREE!
Please support the Internet Multicasting service and the ISC as the registrar of choice -
instead of some anonymous chickenboner operating out of his southern Florida business park, who is
salivating over the millions of dollars in grant money NSI currently holds in support for .org !
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Subject: Woo, support!
Posted by David Boggs at 08.15.02 @ 09.35 AM |
Ditto, ditto, ditto.
eGrants.org has previously spoken out in support of the concept of non-commercial validation as a way to improve the integrity of the .org Internet address.
We believe that accountability is the single most important issue that should drive the ICANN Board's selection decision.Ý... The Internet Multicasting Society and the Internet Software Consortium have put forward a model of accountability that comes from traditional Internet approaches to transparency. For example, all their software will be freely available with no restrictions in source and binary form. It's a high form of accountability that also has the potential to drive down costs.
Please add my voice to those supporting IMS/ISC. Thank you.
After reviewing all of the proposals I believe the IMS/ISC proposal offers the best services for the .org domain.
The IMS/ISC bid is the only one that is truly nonprofit. The rest are either blatantly for-profit or heavily reliant on a for-profit entity. This bid seems to be the only one that is truly focused on making sure the .org domain is a public trust. They also clearly have the knowledge and experience to handle the job. Supporting the IMS/ISC bid is the right thing to do.
As a database and web specialist for a non-profit organization with a .org domain, I support the IMS/ISC bid.Ý Their system of accountability is transparent, and in the best interests of the non-profit world.
I would like to express my support of the IMS/ISC proposalon the basis of their non-profit status, which I think is an important factor, all things being equal and their approach to tranparency.
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Subject: Whoever controls our domain name service controls our destiny.
Posted by Lori DiCola [via bot] at 08.13.02 @ 09.54 AM |
The IMS/ISC bid is a joint proposal of two technically savvy nonprofits, the Internet Multicasting Service and Internet Software Consortium.
The joint bid of the Internet Multicasting Service and the Internet Software Consortium has an entirely different model of accountability. This bid is the brainchild of Carl Malamud, the man who helped force the U.S. government to make the publicly owned Securities and Exchange Commission data truly accessible to the public. This partnership already operates the domain name service for the 22 top level domains and produces BIND, the actual open source software that runs most domain name servers. Their accountability will come from traditional Internet approaches to transparency. For example, all their software will be freely available with no restrictions in source and binary form. It's a high form of accountability that also has the potential to drive down costs.
As the webmaster for a regional non-profit, environmental advocacy organization, I urge ICANN to accept the bid by IMS/ISC to take over the registry of all ".org" domain names.Ý It is my understanding that this proposal is superior to the others before ICANN due to the fact that this joint entity is itself a non-profit and therefore eminently more in tune with the concerns of the non-profit sector, and that the IMS/ISC proposal provides for adequate accountability to consumers and the public.
Thank you.
Cat McCue
Southern Environmental Law Center
(SouthernEnvironment.org)
After reviewing the bid information, my organization and I strongly urge you to award the registry of non-profit domaine names to the Internet Multicasting Service and Internet Software Consortium. These two organizations have demonstrated both the technical knowhow and the idealogical leadership to reliably handle this important function for the nation's non-profit enterprizes.
David W. Fleming
President and CEO
Arts Center Stage
Austin, Texas
As a non-profit executive director, I support a non-profit with a proven track record, IMS/ISC, as the new domain registrar for .org's. Also, I believe that those applying for the .org domain should prove they are a .org.
Internet Multicasting Service and Internet Software Consortium should be chosen as the new domain registrar.Ý They are truly non-profit, have the technological capacity to keep costs down, and have no accountability ethics issues that other bids must acknowledge. IMS/ISC is the clear choice to win this bid. - Independent not-for-profit Development Professional
Internet Multicasting Service and Internet Software Consortium are the only proper candidates for this responsibility.Ý They have shown through their previous and ongoing efforts the true possibilities of the internet when it is not driven by profit and greed.Ý Because of this they are already able to be pillars of the non-profit community.Ý Therefore they not only are the best in technological achievement and capability but they are the only group that is worthy of such an esteemed position by being true role models for the future of online non-profits.
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Subject: You have my support
Posted by austin bridges at 08.13.02 @ 08.53 AM |
Thank you.
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Subject: 'Remember the hoopla'
Posted by Zachary Sachs at 08.11.02 @ 01.57 PM |
We all know what sort of nonsense Verisign can foist on us. (http://www.textism.com/?c=31) Listen to Chuck D. -- 'Fight tha power.'
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Subject: The Public's Support for IMS and ISC
Posted by Raul Dominguez at 08.10.02 @ 05.40 PM |
To ICANN
The Internet Multicasting Service and the Internet Software Consortium are not only technically competent and capable of carrying out the mission of managing the .org domain, they are the only candidate that seems to appreciate that being for-profit is no guarantee of competence. The idea that expertise can only be found in for profit organizations is a fallacy that has proven itself over and over again. Give these guys the opportunity to demonstrate their abilities. Their motivation for success is the public good, not profit.
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Subject: .org should be controlled by non-profit!
Posted by Mark Miles at 08.08.02 @ 10.59 PM |
Kudos to ISC and IMS for involving themselves in this project. ISC already runs a root server (and does a fine job at doing so), they should definately have control over .org. If it were up to me, I'd give them control of everything that VGRS currently controls. Verisign is a perfect example of how big business and hunger for money ruins quality of service. Give it back to the guys who care about the internet and have actually provided tools, time, utilities, programs, and bandwidth for everyone at no cost!
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Subject: IMS/ISC's bid to run the .org TLD
Posted by Joi Ito [via bot] at 08.07.02 @ 06.10 AM |
IMSが.org TLDを 運 営 す る ビ ッ ド をICANNに 出 し て ま す 。 今 出 て い る ビ ッ ド の な か で 一 番 ち ゃ ん と し て ま す 。 詳 し く は 僕 の 英 語 の ブ ロ グ エ ン ト リ ー を 見 て く だ さ い 。
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Subject: I'm in ...
Posted by Daryl at 08.07.02 @ 05.56 AM |
Dotted. Let's do this.
I congratulate you for the effort. I read your proposal, and commentaries of other proposals. I think it is a good strategy to invest effort in technology (e.g BIND) to make all the work even more automatic, to drop prices and offer a good service, in my humble opinion it will work if there is honesty. I also like that you are the people doing the engineering that such imporovements require. I hope you (ISC) continue developing open source software, I hope you allow the public to help as volunteers and I hope to see while you operate the .org domain a unique, transparent, verifiable and public contability.
I ask God to illuminate us, and I wish for all, and particulary IMS/ISC force to follow him.
Vladimir T·mara PatiÒo
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Subject: Supporting non profit .org bid
Posted by Beth Sutherland at 08.06.02 @ 03.00 PM |
I believe that .org should be used for non-profit endeavours. There needs to be a place on the web where the primary purpose is not for profit. Where support for community and creativity is available. The web seems to be turning into more and more of a commercial engine and I would like to add my support. The capacity for creation and expression by individuals and communities should be protected and encouraged. If .org is used as a public trust rather than for commercial gain then it seems much more likely that individual and community interests WILL be protected and encouraged.
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Subject: Support from Bern, Switzerland
Posted by Hansruedi Haenni at 08.05.02 @ 11.58 PM |
Good action.
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Subject: Agreed
Posted by Tony Vroon at 08.05.02 @ 06.48 PM |
Agreed, .org should be non-profit. I support your views.
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Subject: Agreed
Posted by Chainsaw at 08.05.02 @ 06.46 PM |
I support your efforts 100%.
Un pequeÒo grupo de pioneros de internet quiere cambiar la forma en que los dominios .org son registrados, y necesitan la ayuda de todos.
trusted.resource.org, una organizaciÛn sin fines de lucro, quiere adminsitrar el servicio de registro de las punto-org con la confianza p™blica. ICANN, que es el departamento del internet encargado de tomar tales decisiones, estar· m·s dispuesto a darle este trabajo a una corporaciÛn que a una organizaciÛn sin fines de lucro.
La ™nica oportunidad para trusted.resource.org es demostrar el apoyo de la comunidad. Si usamos nuestra voz de apoyo, ICANN puede darle el registro de las punto-org a le grupo m·s competente (el grupo punto-org) en vez de al grupo m·s ambicioso y mejor fundado.
SumaClick quiere apoyar este esfurezo y por eso les invitamos a participar, puede leer su propuesta en trusted.resource.org y dejar un comentario como muestra de su apoyo.
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Subject: Completely supporting your bid
Posted by Marco Rooney at 08.05.02 @ 05.22 AM |
I hereby support your bid to become the big "Dot Org" Chiefs. I have my own .org domain, and I would like to keep it. the .org is a public service in my hummble opinion!
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Subject: I support your efforts.
Posted by Adam Peacock at 08.04.02 @ 02.37 PM |
The non profit organisations need a domain that commercial companies can't be in.
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Subject: I Agree!
Posted by John Newman at 08.02.02 @ 04.13 PM |
I completely support your effort.
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Subject: I support your bid for the .org
Posted by Vincent CORREZE at 08.02.02 @ 03.12 PM |
As world economy grows larger and bigger, it is *very* important that non-commercial organisations can be sure of the stability of their ressources.
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Subject: Rhizome.org supports this proposal.
Posted by Mark Tribe at 08.02.02 @ 08.34 AM |
the The Internet Multicasting Service and the Internet Software Consortium's bid to become the .org TLD operator.
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Subject: Carl said it all; I vote for IMS!
Posted by alisha at 08.02.02 @ 12.51 AM |
Carl said it all:
"I'm not sure how an under-funded, over-extended .com in search of a business model provides a more stable operating environment than a team of engineers that has worked together for over a decade and has built some of the largest public infrastructure projects on the net. IMS and ISC don't have "lead consultants" promising to hire some soon-to-be-recruited MIS staff. Our leaders aren't banking on .com stock options to retire. We do these kinds of projects for a living."
I vote for IMS!!!!
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Subject: Support for the .ORG!
Posted by David Ellenwood at 08.01.02 @ 04.30 PM |
Get 'em guys! You deserve this!
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Subject: .org
Posted by Kevin Stone at 08.01.02 @ 12.16 AM |
It's good to see someone trying to return the .org domain to it's intended purpose. The original intent was to support non-profit entities and the IMS/ISC proposal is the best way to ensure that.
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Subject: I support you
Posted by Guan Yang at 07.31.02 @ 02.20 PM |
Of all the .org proposals, I believe that IMS and ISC appear to be the applicant that can best bring stability to the .org registry and most benefit the Internet community. I give you my whole-hearted support.
Guan
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Subject: .org
Posted by nick horton at 07.31.02 @ 02.57 AM |
good luck with your bid. i fully support you.
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Subject: I support you
Posted by birgit main at 07.30.02 @ 04.11 AM |
great idea, you have my support!
I'm impressed with your proposal and would like to add my voice to those supporting you.
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Subject: We need a group like yours to carve out a safe space for nonprofits
Posted by Marcel Levy at 07.29.02 @ 10.41 PM |
I've seen the shift from the idealistic knowledge sharing of the old internet to the increasingly crass and commercial new internet, and it's vital that we have at least one TLD operator who isn't focused on shareholder value. The Internet Multicasting Service and the Internet Software Consortium is that operator, and I support their bid for the .org domain.
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Subject: I support you
Posted by Scott Schram at 07.29.02 @ 10.16 PM |
I support the bid of the Internet Multicasting Service and the Internet Software Consortium for the .org tld.
Scott
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Subject: I support you
Posted by Jeff R. Allen at 07.29.02 @ 05.34 PM |
I have read TechNews.com's summary of the various competeing bids, and I am most impressed with yours.
I am a non-profit user of .org, and you have my support 100%.
Good luck!
-jra
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Subject: I fully support you
Posted by Alex Popa at 07.29.02 @ 03.28 PM |
Considering the importance of the dot-org top-level domain to non-profit organizations, I think control of this TLD should be granted to one of those public organizations.
The .org TLD should not be turned into a revenue stream, because most .org domain holders do not focus on revenue or profit, but on public services.
I consider the IMS+ISC team to be the most appropriate entity in taking over the .org TLD. The ISC has served the public interest and helped the Internet community by developing widely-used open-source programs such as DHCP, BIND and INN. The IMS has had very good initiatives in the past, and has succeeded in all of them.
The joint bid by the two non-profit corporations seems technically and socially appropriate. Introduction of secure DNS, very fast zone publication, and complete transparency of operations are very strong arguments, in my opinion.
Keep up the good work, I hope you win!
the .org registry service should be granted to a not for profit organization, such as IMS.
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Subject: support IMS/ISC for .org
Posted by Nicu Buculei at 07.29.02 @ 07.35 AM |
I think that a non-profit TLD should be run by a non-profit company and IMS/ISC is perfect for this job.
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Subject: Get it off Verisign!
Posted by Petru Paler at 07.29.02 @ 07.11 AM |
I sure hope you guys will do a good job, take it from Verisign quicker!
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Subject: Ausgezeichnet!
Posted by brian Main at 07.29.02 @ 02.22 AM |
.org is as important to preserve as our national forests, virtual real estate that belongs to the public. No one could maintain as effectively and efficiently as you guys.
We send our support from Vienna!
It makes sense to award the .ORG assignment to people who know and understand DNS...not only are they technically competent to run this GTLD, but they have demonstrated social understanding and are likely to continue to add value to the Internet as they have done in the past. I suggest the IMC and ISC make a great deal of sense, even with other fine candidates.
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Subject: I support you
Posted by Jan Trumbo at 07.28.02 @ 09.18 AM |
In my book, ISC has a very good track record for technical
competence. On the other hand, Verisign, over the
years, has eroded in their levels of competence and service.
As they remove one service after another which was helpful
for an ISP managing hundreds of domains, I grow more and
more disenchanted. I'm ready for a change, and I have confidence
the folks at ISC have an appreciation for the technical
needs and solutions that will work in the real world.
You have my support!!
Jan
I urge you to consider proposals such as those made by the universally respected and trusted internet software consortium and the internet multicasting service described at http://trusted.resource.org/ in earnest.
It returns to the internet domain system some much needed sanity and stability; and sets aside a neutral ground or commons.
Yours,
Dirk-Willem van Gulik
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Subject: we support this initiative
Posted by Trish Lynch at 07.27.02 @ 05.52 AM |
As the owner of two .orgs (listmistress.org, providing mailing list services for free to a specific community) and sapphite.org (currently personal use) and being involved in several open source projects (http://ecartis.org, http://freebsd.org), I support this initiative wholeheartedly. VeriSign has abused this privilege and abused us for too long in regards to .org domains. Lets put them in the hands of responsible parties who will be giving back to the infrastructure within our community
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Subject: Non-profit .org should truely be non-profit
Posted by T Slattery at 07.26.02 @ 11.01 AM |
Having a true non-profit running .org as a TLD for all non-profit organizations is positive. Don't let a small non-profit sub-contract to a for-profit corporation for the service when a true non-profit can do the job. Make one of the criteria for consideration be that the non-profit will do the work itself. Another good criteria is what the non-profit will do with the funds that are generated - will it reduce the cost of a domain, or will it use the funds to develop more things for other non-profits to use or to improve things on the net!
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Subject: Free for .org
Posted by David Revers at 07.25.02 @ 08.50 PM |
I fully support your project.
Good Luck ;-)
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Subject: pour la gestion du domaine .org par l'ISC/IMS
Posted by Thomas Harding at 07.25.02 @ 12.29 PM |
La gestion du domaine .org relevant du domaine associatif,
il est regrettable qu'elle soit confiee a une entite
commerciale.
La situation catastrophique du domaine .fr, dont la gestion
n'a pas ete deleguee au domaine associatif, et qui est de
fait interdit aux particuliers et aux associations (canton-
nes a des domaines de 3e niveau), rend les francais par-
ticulierement sensibles a ce probleme.
Par sa position et son experience de prescripteur de normes
Internet, et sa capacite a mettre en place et maintenir des
logiciels qui forment aujourd'hui le veritable squelette de
l'Internet (il n'y a pas d'alternative _viable_ a Bind, pas
a cette echelle), et par l'independance que lui donne la
multiplicite de ses sources de financement, l'Internet
Software Consortium est particulierement apte a une gestion
intelligente et raisonnee d'un domaine de premier niveau.
Les capacites de mettre a disposition et gerer d e tres
grands volumes de documents ont ete demontrees par l'IMS,
y-compris dans le domaine de la propriete intellectuelle.
La capacite d'auto-financement du service de noms n'etant
plus a demontrer, il est logique d'en voir les fruits
recoltes et geres par les institutions idoines. L'ISC et
l'ims presentent toutes les garanties necessaires a une
gestion intelligente de cette ressource.
--
Thomas Harding.
Dot org is not just any other TLD, and it deserves to be well admnistered and implemented. You guys are not the usual money-hungry, unetical business that controlled the main TLDs these last years, so that alone would get you my vote.
The fact that unlike "them" you also have a technical clue, are respected by the entire network community, are able to work with only technical interests on mind, and do know your job is also a very big plus in my book.
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Subject: Got my support
Posted by Allan Preston at 07.24.02 @ 05.33 PM |
I hope you guys are the eventual winners, you'll do a great job.
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Subject: make .org free
Posted by Lukas Beeler at 07.24.02 @ 09.26 AM |
Better than network solutions :)
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Subject: Free .org !
Posted by Olivier Barbut at 07.24.02 @ 07.07 AM |
I'm fully with ISC. I agree .org should be
a public ressource and not get mixed with
commerce.
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Subject: Este o idee geniala/it's a briliant ideea
Posted by Iulian Popescu at 07.24.02 @ 12.20 AM |
Vreau daor sa spun ca sunt intru totul de acord cu ideea promovata si consider ca este o idee geniala
____________________________
I'd just like to say that I'm all 4 it. The ideea is briliant.
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Subject: I support you
Posted by Ryan MacKenzie at 07.23.02 @ 12.06 PM |
I would just like to say that I fully support the IMS/ISC bid -- I feel they would be an ideal choice to run the .org TLD.
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Subject: I support you
Posted by Mark Loeser at 07.23.02 @ 12.02 PM |
I support you, .org is a public trust.
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Subject: Org is a public trust
Posted by hannaux at 07.23.02 @ 02.19 AM |
I support you
Me, too. After I read an interview with Carl Malamud by Bruce Stewart at http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/network/2002/05/10/malamud.html I can only say I fully support anything Carl Malamud is involved in.
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Subject: Bill Woodcock supports ISC .org management
Posted by Bill Woodcock at 07.22.02 @ 09.50 PM |
Speaking in my personal capacity, I endorse the ISC's bid to manage the .org TLD. The ISC has acted effectively and responsibly as a custodian of critical Internet resources in the past, and has assembled a broad-based coalition of support, both political and technical, for this initiative. I am confident that the ISC would husband this resouce equally skillfully.
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Subject: Un minimum de libertÈ
Posted by jko at 07.22.02 @ 01.57 PM |
J'approuve ce projet pour que les .org restent hors de portÈ du mouvement global visant ý donner le contrÙle d'internet ý des organismes ý but lucratif dÈsinteressÈ de tout effort/engagement intellectuel/pratique personnel ou collectif pour le bien de la communautÈ des internautes visant ý favoriser la logique et l'Èvolution humaine plutot que la joussance immediate de son prochain et la rentabilitÈ qui constituent les pechÈs capitaux du 3eme millenaire
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Subject: Support aux .org
Posted by lehmann at 07.22.02 @ 01.37 PM |
Il est indispensable que les .org restent indÈpendants de toute activitÈ/contrÙle commmercial. Pour la partie commercial, il y a le .com et il serait illogique que cela bave sur les .org.
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Subject: .org are a community value and should remain as such
Posted by Cornec Bruno at 07.22.02 @ 06.10 AM |
I sustain your initiative for musique-ancienne.org and hyper-linux.org and tons of others of great value to the Internet
Bruno.
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Subject: I support You !
Posted by Antonin Hily at 07.22.02 @ 05.35 AM |
I support You
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Subject: draguignan.org and terrasson.org joined the battle
Posted by FaTe at 07.22.02 @ 05.04 AM |
Please clean this mess.
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Subject: the AEL is supporting the initiative
Posted by Alexandre Dulaunoy at 07.22.02 @ 05.03 AM |
The NGO AEL (Association Electronique Libre) is supporting the initiative that the .org should be Free.
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Subject: I support you
Posted by Sylvain Cornet at 07.22.02 @ 04.28 AM |
I fully support your project.
I support you, because .org must be control by no commercial people.
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Subject: .org is a public trust !!
Posted by Pior at 07.22.02 @ 02.34 AM |
And must stay it !
you have my fully support
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Subject: I have a dream...
Posted by Leblanc Francois at 07.22.02 @ 12.59 AM |
I support the idea that not all domain should be controlled by commercial society, I support the idea that internet is not only a merchandise, I support the idea that hundred of thousand people are dead for liberty and commercial society should not forget, never !
so .org at least must be managed by an organization, NOT a commercial society. That's obvious !
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Subject: I support you
Posted by JIba at 07.22.02 @ 12.38 AM |
.org must be managed by an organization, NOT a commercial society. That's obvious !
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Subject: No commercial society for the .org !
Posted by AurÈlien Le Provost at 07.22.02 @ 12.09 AM |
Hi,
All is in the subject. We are with you !
Bye.
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Subject: Supporting you
Posted by robert denard at 07.21.02 @ 11.55 PM |
I believe that the .org is a public ressource, so I can say : I support you !
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Subject: I support ISC/IMS bid as .org registar ..
Posted by Dan Carrigan at 07.21.02 @ 05.55 PM |
To ICANN et al.
I support ISC/IMS bid as .org registar ...
Mr Malamud, Dr Rose, and associates are fully capable of the registry responsiblities.
Dan Carrigan
Yellow Springs, Ohio 45487
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Subject: Public Trust
Posted by Onajide at 07.21.02 @ 05.28 PM |
Corporations take money and exploit... not always, of course. Let a non-profit manage an environment they are directly invloved with.
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Subject: i support YOU
Posted by billy pooper at 07.21.02 @ 03.34 PM |
good luck.
laterZ/billyP
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Subject: .Org is a public resource
Posted by Matthew Eernisse at 07.21.02 @ 02.10 PM |
Since the .org top-level-domain is the home of non- and not-for-profit organizations, it only makes sense that the maintenance of that TDL should be performed in a non-proprietary fashion, *not* by a for-profit corporation. The .org TDL is one of the most fundamental parts of the digital commons.
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Subject: Of course, I support you
Posted by Emmanuel Lesouef at 07.21.02 @ 02.06 PM |
Your aim is full of good intentions therefore I support you.
I support you to have the .org is a right we should have.
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Subject: You have my support...
Posted by Marc Perron at 07.21.02 @ 09.16 AM |
The .org top level domains are predominantly used by not for profit organisations. I believe the entity that manages these TLDs should share the philosophy of those they serve. You have my full support in this effort.
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Subject: I support you
Posted by Michael Gerbracht at 07.21.02 @ 04.11 AM |
I would like to support your bid as I agree that .org must remain free.
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Subject: Help .org stay free
Posted by asher at 07.21.02 @ 03.08 AM |
We will support the free character of the dot org websites
Just like public television, there needs to be part of the internet that is not controlled by a profit motive. Speech and expression can NEVER be free in a medium where money makes the decisions. We need to get SOMETHING on the internet right!
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Subject: Just another support :)'
Posted by sam at 07.20.02 @ 05.11 PM |
hi all
like everybody right there i think the *.org must be managed by an independant an non-commercial organisation.
hope it'll work
Frankly, as the administrator of two .org domains (for which I don't see a penny - really), I'm happy to see the predatory VeriSign lose the TLD. I do agree that .org SHOULD be a public trust. As such, after reading the ISC/IMS documentation, as well as evaluating the opinion of other larger webmasters I respect, I'm throwing my support (for what it's worth) behind ISC/IMS. I hope all the good words I read come true, and I hope ICANN can see the big picture and handle this situation correctly.
(I'm going to go add the dot to my main page after I get done here...)
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Subject: I support you
Posted by Etienne PIERRE at 07.20.02 @ 09.35 AM |
Thanks for trying not to give the control of the .org domains to a commercial firm.
Etienne
I've serval .org and I wouldn't be controlled be a commercial company ! Please become our heros :)
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Subject: I support you
Posted by Alain TÈsio at 07.20.02 @ 06.27 AM |
From onesite.org
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Subject: I support you
Posted by Schneider Thomas at 07.20.02 @ 06.10 AM |
i fully support your project.
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Subject: I support the ISC/IMS initiative
Posted by Marc Zyngier at 07.20.02 @ 05.28 AM |
.org should really managed by a non-profit organisation. ISC has shown tremendous support to '"free" the Internet. So you guys have my support.
Thanks.
Marc.
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Subject: Free for .org
Posted by dilde at 07.20.02 @ 03.56 AM |
i support you, good luck !!!
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Subject: I support you
Posted by MRL at 07.20.02 @ 02.39 AM |
ISC has already shown it isn't a commercialy interrested organization : this is fully compatible with .org ! I support your proposal !
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Subject: At least a good idea !
Posted by Nicolas CARTRON at 07.20.02 @ 01.43 AM |
that's a very good idea, .org is free and has to
stay !
Good luck.
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Subject: I do support.
Posted by Pierre-Michel AVERSENG at 07.20.02 @ 01.07 AM |
Bonjour,
Add me to your list of supporters. Dot org should be managed by a nonprofit group such as yours.
Pierre Averseng
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Subject: .org is free
Posted by Anthony RENOUX at 07.20.02 @ 12.56 AM |
i fully support your project.
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Subject: ISC/IMS are the people to do it.
Posted by Ashley Kitto at 07.19.02 @ 04.23 PM |
I think they're the right people for the job, and wholeheartedly support their bid.
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Subject: Suport
Posted by Brice Dp at 07.19.02 @ 04.04 PM |
I support you to keep .org free (as the sence of freedom (as the free software))
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Subject: Excellent Idea
Posted by David McCreath at 07.19.02 @ 03.57 PM |
It would be great to have one our best resources managed by two such excellent organizations.
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Subject: Keeping .org accessible for everybody
Posted by David VANTYGHEM at 07.19.02 @ 03.31 PM |
I don't want .org becoming inaccessible for us because of excessive costs. I want Internet Software Consortium and Internet Multicasting Service beeing the new responsibles of .org.
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Subject: Internet is freedom!
Posted by Pierre Bizouard at 07.19.02 @ 02.55 PM |
Less money in one of the last place of freedom on earth : internet
As an owner of a .org web site, I would be pleased to let the .org free and public. So, I bring my entire support to ISC and IMS to manage this tld.
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Subject: I TrusT In ORG dot As PubLIc DoMaiN
Posted by ¾n at 07.19.02 @ 02.17 PM |
Good look and greatings for your team :)
It's pure and feel like a terrible good humain spirit !
Bye And MAy ThE FoRCe BE wiTh yOu :)
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Subject: Great Idea !
Posted by Jean Hausser at 07.19.02 @ 01.55 PM |
I totally support your initiative.
I support Internet Software Consortium and Internet Multicasting Service
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Subject: Yeah !
Posted by kakaouete at 07.19.02 @ 01.35 PM |
i'm with you !
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Subject: get .org free
Posted by MQ at 07.19.02 @ 01.34 PM |
free .org is the right way ;-)
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Subject: All for this.
Posted by C. Pourbaix at 07.19.02 @ 01.31 PM |
Let's keep at least some small bits of the Net public.
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Subject: I support IMS/ISC
Posted by Stephane dendievel at 07.19.02 @ 01.01 PM |
to save the .org domains from commercial society.
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Subject: I support you
Posted by Ludovic PÈnet at 07.19.02 @ 12.49 PM |
See title. :o)
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Subject: I support you
Posted by Saissy at 07.19.02 @ 12.49 PM |
to save the .org domains from commercial society
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Subject: I support you
Posted by Alexandre Motquib at 07.19.02 @ 12.34 PM |
I support you
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Subject: It'a good right for us.
Posted by Antoine Fontes at 07.19.02 @ 12.06 PM |
I support you...
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Subject: I support you
Posted by Younes Zouhair at 07.19.02 @ 12.03 PM |
I support you
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Subject: I support you!
Posted by Arnaud G at 07.19.02 @ 11.45 AM |
It'a good right for us.
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Subject: .org is a public ressource
Posted by manatane at 07.19.02 @ 11.07 AM |
I support you!
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Subject: You have my vote
Posted by Heiko Rupp at 07.19.02 @ 04.12 AM |
Paul Vixie and the ISC/IMS have prooven in the past that they can run this kind of service by supporting the community with well recogniced software (bind/inn/dhcpd) as well as services (running one of the root servers).
It is also very important that .org remains in a hand that comes out of the middle of various projects under the .org domain (Open Source projects).
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Subject: .org should be non-commercial and well managed
Posted by Eric Allman at 07.18.02 @ 04.45 PM |
I support the bid of IMS and ISC to manage the .org TLD.
I know that Paul Vixie has the technical know-how to keep the technology up and happy. Carl Malamud has experience in the business side of operations. And with folks like Rick Adams on the board, they will have the appropriate oversight.
eric
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Subject: I support you
Posted by moo at 07.18.02 @ 03.42 PM |
lets take the web back before its too late. you have my support. spread the dot
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Subject: I support you !
Posted by Manuel Bouyer at 07.18.02 @ 08.01 AM |
Hi,
I fully support you project of making .org a public trust. It's important that the .org domain (used for many opensource projects) be run by a non-profit organitation. We need some places in the internet where mooney is not the important thing.
I trust the ISC peoples to behave the right way in this area.
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Subject: fully support this great idea
Posted by Peter Smith at 07.17.02 @ 11.49 PM |
fully support this great idea
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Subject: You have my support
Posted by Marton Alexandru at 07.17.02 @ 11.09 PM |
I'm definitely backing this idea. Non-profit is the trustworthy way to go.
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Subject: You have my vote
Posted by Kiss Cristian at 07.17.02 @ 11.05 PM |
I fully support ISC's plans to hold the .org domain registration as a public trust and to plow all profits back into important internet infrastruture, for us all. I strongly urge you to accept their bid to become the .org registrar
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Subject: .org is a public resource
Posted by R.P. Aditya at 07.17.02 @ 05.17 PM |
that should be run by IMS/ISC.
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Subject: I support ISC
Posted by James Stiefel at 07.17.02 @ 04.14 PM |
I trust ISC to run .org in a manner that suits the interest of .org's everywhere. I tenedr my support to this effort.
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Subject: .org IS a public trust
Posted by Tinothy Martens at 07.17.02 @ 03.23 PM |
You have my support.
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Subject: We support ISC's bid to be the TLD operator for .ORG
Posted by Scott W. Rogers at 07.17.02 @ 12.29 PM |
We whole heartedly and without any
reservation support ISC's bid to be
the TLD operator for .ORG
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Subject: ISC and IMS are it, there is no question.
Posted by Chris Yarnell at 07.17.02 @ 11.34 AM |
In my mind there is no question here. Over the years, ISC has dedicated itself to maintaining core pieces of the Internet for the community at large. It has hosted one of the most stable and busiest of the root nameservers, actively participated in the Internet standards process, maintained core reference implementations of Internet standards (BIND, DHCP, INN, etc), has hosted and supported the Internet Survey, etc, etc. ISC has proven itself to be a viable and trustworthy gatekeeper for important pieces of the net. dot-org is just another logical piece of the pie for this not for profit to take up.
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Subject: I support the ISC/IMS bid for .org
Posted by Andreas Gustafsson at 07.17.02 @ 10.44 AM |
I am confident that ISC/IMS will run the .org domain
fairly, efficiently and with the good of the Internet
in mind.
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Subject: I fully support IMS and ISC's .org bid
Posted by Owen Marshall at 07.17.02 @ 09.40 AM |
This is the future of the .org TLD.
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Subject: I put my vote behind ISC/IMS to administer dot-org
Posted by Tom Geller at 07.17.02 @ 07.57 AM |
I trust ISC/IMS to administer dot-org, and there's not many organizations I'd say that about. Internet abuse such as identity theft, fraud and spam have thrived in no small part because of incompetent management of dot-com.
To see the roots of our current online malaise, one need look back no farther than the transfer of dot-com authority to a for-profit entity. I posit that it's generally dangerous to place something so important to the public weal in the hands of those whose mandate is to Grow the Bottom Line.
ISC and IMS have a history of acting selflessly and for the public good. To allow dot-org to serve the public, there can be no better administrator. I beg you to support these organizations' bid for the task.
--Tom Geller, Founder, SpamCon Foundation (for identification purposes only; does not imply organizational support)
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Subject: I support IMS' bid to manage .org
Posted by Ian Howard at 07.17.02 @ 07.57 AM |
Add me to your list of supporters. Dot org should be managed by a nonprofit group such as yours.
Ian
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Subject: I fully support this
Posted by Mark Pelts at 07.17.02 @ 07.36 AM |
I think this is a great idea. I have been a user of BIND for years... well, actually WE ALL have been users of BIND for years. ISC has developed software that is essential to how the Internet operates and I fully believe they can effectivley manage the .org TLD. Knowing the kind of people who run ISC and write the software that ISC puts out I feel they can pull this off in a way that will rival the operations of other TLD managers. Please give them a chance.
Mark Pelts
Systems Engineer and Network Security Analyst
SRA International
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Subject: I'm 100% behind you, ISC
Posted by David Sifry at 07.17.02 @ 07.17 AM |
I fully support ISC's plans to hold the .org domain registration as a public trust and to plow all profits back into important internet infrastruture, for us all. I strongly urge you to accept their bid to become the .org registrar.
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Subject: I support ISC/IMS
Posted by Paul Lustgraf at 07.17.02 @ 07.04 AM |
I support over 60 .org domains. I have always
disagreed with the decision to put a for-profit
company in charge of the root domain. Accordingly,
I will place my support behind the effort by
ISC/IMS to run the .org registry. I have dealt
with ISC for many years and have found them to
have the health of the Internet be their top
priority. They are a good match for the .org
TLD.
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Subject: I support IMS/ISC
Posted by Johny Mattsson at 07.17.02 @ 01.56 AM |
As the holder of the earthmagic.org domain my clear preference would be for IMS/ISC to be operate the .org domain. They are clearly the best, and more importantly - right choice for this. ISC has a well established track record for providing services for the internet, and they clearly have the right mindset (which unfortunately cannot be said about ICANN these days).
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Subject: Support for IMS/ISC proposal
Posted by Borsos Szabolcs at 07.17.02 @ 01.54 AM |
I support your proposal. This is a great idea. Good luck!
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Subject: Support for ISC bid
Posted by F. Dillema at 07.17.02 @ 01.52 AM |
I fully support ISC's bid to run the .org TLD. The ISC has has played an important role in keeping some of the core Internet technologies accessable and useable to all, and have earned my respect in doing so. I believe they would do an excellent job with .org, in the best interest of all Internet users.
Feico.
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Subject: Just say yes
Posted by Marton Marcel at 07.17.02 @ 01.46 AM |
I strongly support ISC's bid to operate .org.
They are the only team that is a pure non-prift
organization.
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Subject: Movint to Public System
Posted by Perecz Andrea at 07.17.02 @ 01.37 AM |
We really need to see public infrastructure run in
a more open and transparent way, and I think that
this proposal is a good start to show that this is
indeed practical to realize.
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Subject: I support ISC
Posted by Sameer Verma at 07.17.02 @ 12.13 AM |
I support ISC in running the .org TLD
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Subject: I support ISC's .org bid
Posted by Mark C. Langston at 07.17.02 @ 12.10 AM |
.org should not be run for-profit, nor should it be run such that individual .org domain-name holders are excluded from name ownership.
ISC is the only group capable of running .org in a fully-open, transparent, stable manner, and the only group competent enough to leave the politics out of the registry -- something ICANN's been guilty of time and again.
.org isn't about turning another quick buck, or doling out trademarks in some biased sunrise procedure. It's about being the last bastion of non-commercial space in the namespace. Postel intended .org to be where individuals could register. Verisign has systematically destroyed the space segregations Postel intended, and ICANN has finished the job by attempting to completely disenfranchise anybody that doesn't pay their tithes. Individuals need a place to call home; .org is it.
ICANN has done so much wrong over the years. Giving .org to ISC is a chance for some small amount of redemption for ICANN in the eyes of the world.
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Subject: I full support ISC bid to operate .ORG
Posted by Pete Shipley at 07.17.02 @ 12.00 AM |
they will do a good job, i trust them, unlike network solutions and the like
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Subject: I support the IMS/ISC bid to operate .ORG
Posted by Robert Stratton at 07.16.02 @ 11.39 PM |
These are organizations and individuals with a profound body of Internet experience, and a history of promoting the general welfare on the Net.
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Subject: I support ISC to manage the .org TLD
Posted by Paul Lindenfelser at 07.16.02 @ 08.20 PM |
I own a .org domain, as well as hosting several .org's for historical sites in Pennsylvania. I think ISC would be the best choice to handle .org
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Subject: Support of IMS/ISC
Posted by Michael Hornby at 07.16.02 @ 07.33 PM |
I know a bit about ISC and I completely trust them and feel it's a great choice for .org
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Subject: Supporting IMS/ISC
Posted by Shaun Maguire at 07.16.02 @ 07.20 PM |
I trust IMS/ISC to run .org, as they appear to have it's best interests in mind.
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Subject: I trust ISC/IMS to run .ORG
Posted by John Kohl at 07.16.02 @ 07.12 PM |
I trust the folks at ISC/IMS to run .ORG in a
competent, fair, and desirable manner.
All my dealings with them have shown their
technical excellence and organizational competence.
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Subject: backing .org as a public trust
Posted by Chris Stradtman at 07.16.02 @ 07.06 PM |
Too many of the for profit groups use not profit groups as cash cows. Often the non profits can't
afford the experts to tell whether being sold a bill of goods or not. I've seen happen over and over again in the educational and mental health areas. I would have a hard time believing that the same thing would not happen with the domain management if run by for profit entities. Previous behavoir of ICANN and associated entities would seem to reinforce my beliefs. For this reason I believe that the .org TLD should itself be managed by a not for profit entity.
Chris Stradtman
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Subject: IMS/ISC look like the right choice
Posted by Simon Burge at 07.16.02 @ 06.57 PM |
The IMS/ISC folks appear to have the .org TLD's best interests in mind
and not pure profits. Good luck to them!
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Subject: Support for IMS/ISC Proposal
Posted by Allen Gwinn at 07.16.02 @ 06.28 PM |
Go guys!
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Subject: Thinking Globally
Posted by Glenn Evans at 07.16.02 @ 06.18 PM |
A Non-Profit group running the non-profit .org TLD. From a user/operator perspective a great idea.
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Subject: IMS/ISC are the only good choice for .org
Posted by Thor Lancelot Simon at 07.16.02 @ 05.36 PM |
I am currently involved with a number of nonprofit entities using .org domain names. I have also, over the years, had some experiences with the administration of the DNS that might shed some light on how and why a nonprofit is uniquely suited to be the .org TLD operator.
In the early 1990s, I registered what, I believe, was the first .EDU domain granted to a secondary school. Though our situation was rather unusual (and such use of .EDU was eventually decided against at a later date) I was impressed by the professionalism and openness of the SRI staff who handled our request. On the other hand, of course they were professional, helpful, and forthright -- they weren't concerned with making a profit, they were concerned with running the net correctly. There was no formal policy on use of .EDU names, but our institution seemed a better fit for .EDU than for any other TLD at that time; thus our request was handled in an expeditious and friendly manner, rather than tied up in endless bureaucratic wrangling as even the most slightly unusual request to a registry would be today. (Try to correct a problem with a domain transfer sometime. Just try. Really. It's a trip!)
A few years later, as one of the first employees of one of the first consumer ISPs in the world, I was, perhaps unfortunately, responsible for the addition to the application forms of the first language regarding trademark issues. Though you could question the ultimate result of that change, the way it came about was illustrative of the differences between for-profit and for-the-good-of-the-net administration of domain registry.
The way it happened was roughly like this:
1) One of our customers comes to us with a complaint that a competitor has registered THEM.COM (where "THEM", obviously, was really the customer's trademarked business name). That might sound like garden-variety "squatting" today, but in those days it was obnoxious and unusual in the extreme; indeed, it was the first instance of the same that I'd ever heard of, preceding even the MTV case.
2) I rather impulsively and in a state of some irritation about this obvious gaming of the system decide to attempt to register ISP.EDU, ISP.NET, ISP.ORG, etc. (where "ISP" is actually the name of the competing ISP who irritated me by helping the offender register the names; wow, what a different world it was!)
3) Nothing happens for about a week, at which point I get a thoughtful piece of email from Jon Postel asking me if there's an issue I'd like to discuss.
4) We kick the problem around for several days, exchanging a number of messages, and eventually Jon takes my suggestion of adding the original text regarding trademarks to the application.
Can you imagine an interaction like that today? Of course not -- for several reasons. But the one which is most important in this context is that, because he was motivated by the good of the net and not by a narrow consideration of corporate profit, some SRI employee thought about my application and what it meant and forwarded it along to Postel. Because _he_ was motivated by the good of the net, instead of just rejecting my knee-jerk statement, Postel -- acting in a role somewhere between that of ICANN and that of a TLD operator today -- took the time to realize that there was a serious problem brewing and ask for suggestions about a solution. That the solution didn't work (oh, boy, did it ever not work!) is not really material -- it's the process that matters, a process that no for-profit registry would ever engage in.
Indeed, today we have registries playing tricks like holding customers' domains so that it's essentially impossible to transfer them near their expiry dates, thus assuring registries (including the one that is the TLD operator for most domains now) of an extra renewal's worth of revenue for a service not provided when the domain's transferred. We've had public outcry and uproar over the state of the DNS for years; new fees imposed seemingly without justification and with questionable authorization; no real concern for what's good for the net, just what's good for the bottom line at the registries and TLD operators.
In point of fact, today we have registries openly marketing .org domain names to for-profit entities, just as .net domain names are irresponsibly pushed as a general-purpose alternative to .com names. The harm is significant and substantial: the profit motive of the registries and the current .org TLD operator renders .org names unavailable to the nonprofits that should be their principal (if not only) consumer, selling them as "vanity domains" for corporate use instead.
I have met (and in some cases, worked extensively with) many of the individuals at IMS/ISC who would be involved with the operation of the .org TLD. I believe that their demonstrated technical competency and genuine concern for the good of the net make them uniquely suited to operate the .org TLD -- or, for that matter, any TLD, but in particular the TLD that is meant to serve nonprofit entities. In addition, as nonprofit entities themselves, the ISC and IMS are inherently uniquely suited to operate the .org TLD, lacking the profit motive that has caused such chaos for the DNS in recent years, and posessing instead a genuine shared interest with the entities that are the proper users of .org names.
If any other bid to operate the .org TLD is chosen in preference to that of the IMS/ISC, a tremendous opportunity will be squandered.
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Subject: Public Trust, not Public Fund.
Posted by Michael Loftis at 07.16.02 @ 05.03 PM |
.ORG is a public trust, not a public fund for some entity. Knowing a number of the ISC personnel and having talked with one in particular about the push for .ORG I agree with them.
.ORG should be managed by a .ORG, an NFP, so that it remains as it was meant to be, not turned into a cash cow for some greedy registrar(s).
Michael Loftis
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Subject: Support++
Posted by Stoned Elipot at 07.16.02 @ 04.51 PM |
Count me in!
I currently own or manage four second level domain names that make use of the top level domain (TLD) '.org' (zyp.org, cashell.org, dreamforge.org, and netforge.org). I feel this entitles me to express my opinion on which organization I would most like handling the .org TLD.
Every experience I've had in the past with ISC has been extremely positive. I've worked in past projects with people from ISC, and I've always been impressed with their technical abilities and professionalism. I have no direct experience with IMS, but the simple fact that ISC is involved gives me great confidence. After having read the information and proposal put forth by IMS/ISC, I would like to give my full suport to them and their proposal.
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Subject: I support the IMS/ISC Proposal
Posted by Paul Steffen at 07.16.02 @ 03.53 PM |
Please count me in on supporting the IMS/ISC proposal for running the .org domain. I have been on the internet for over a decade and am very familiar with the great work that IMS and ISC have done in the past with network protocols and online databases. I have complete faith that they will run .org much better than any commercial entity would be able to.
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Subject: IMS should run .org
Posted by Jim Blandy at 07.16.02 @ 03.37 PM |
I think IMS is a fine organization to run .org.
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Subject: Give .org a good home: IMS/ISC
Posted by Jeremy Cooper at 07.16.02 @ 03.06 PM |
As a .org domain owner, and an Internet user for over a decade, I know and trust the ISC and IMS. They have the expertise, ability, and resources to take on the task of operating the .org TLD. It is most appropriate that they have made this bid, because not only do they understand the task, they have helped to define it; they have helped to shape the Internet infrastructure as we know it today and should be entrusted to maintain this valuble resource into the future.
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Subject: You have my vote.
Posted by Stephen Jacob at 07.16.02 @ 02.22 PM |
I think there's nobody better qualified to take on the task of running the .org TLD registry than IMS/ISC. Who better than a .org to run .org? Who has a better understanding of the Internet than the ISC? I wholeheartedly lend my vote of confidence to this bid and hope to see it become a reality.
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Subject: Go for it!
Posted by Kiala Tekalal at 07.16.02 @ 02.19 PM |
I think everyone else has said it nicely. a non-profit TLD should be run by a non-profit company.
As someone who runs a .ORG address, I completely agree
that this should be maintained by the IMS/ISC.
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Subject: A perfect match
Posted by Lee Wheat at 07.16.02 @ 01.40 PM |
The .org TLD is, supposedly, reserved for non-profit organizations. Having a non-profit run the domain is a perfect match. In addition, ISC knows what they're doing when it comes to running a domain.
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Subject: The ISC is an excellent choice for running .org
Posted by Garth Minette at 07.16.02 @ 12.35 PM |
I can think of no other group more qualified for the job, given ISC's technical skills and integrity. I support ISC's bid for running the .org TLD.
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Subject: the good choice
Posted by Emmanuel Dreyfus at 07.16.02 @ 12.35 PM |
It's hard to tell something new after that
much people spoke. I think that ISC/IMS is
probably the best choice for running .org.
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Subject: Of course! No one better!
Posted by Steve Hultquist at 07.16.02 @ 12.25 PM |
The not-for-profit originators of domain name services actually running the TLD intended for not-for-profit organizations? What an obvious--and great--idea that is! By all means!
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Subject: Definitely should be a non-profit.
Posted by C. A. Cook at 07.16.02 @ 12.12 PM |
The .org TLD should definitely be a non-profit. It looks like from the ICANN site there are other non-profits also proposing to run the .org TLD. One of them seems to be proposing that the domain owners themselves have a stake in the running of the TLD (UnityRegistry).
I may or may not agree with their outside views (it isn't relevant here), but their idea "to involve .org users as stakeholders in the management of .org" sounds pretty good. Is IMS/ISC also proposing likewise?
I am certainly against a for-profit company running the TLD. But what other factors are there in the choice of one non-profit over another? Technical expertise? Choices of management styles?
-- Craig
a/k/a Blackfeather
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Subject: Sanity on the horizon?
Posted by Ben Cottrell at 07.16.02 @ 12.08 PM |
Seeing this on a mailing list made my day. If
IMS/ISC runs .org, I believe it will be a large
step towards having a sanely run Internet for
all involved.
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Subject: Support for ISC bid
Posted by Gregory Hull at 07.16.02 @ 11.58 AM |
I support the ISC bid to be the .org TLD operator.
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Subject: support for .org as public trust
Posted by Robert Seastrom at 07.16.02 @ 11.49 AM |
Let's not repeat the MAE fiasco -- .org should be run by people whose first priority is keeping their honor, not their quarterly numbers, intact. Who could be better qualified than ISC?
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Subject: Howard said it best..
Posted by David Pokorney at 07.16.02 @ 11.48 AM |
Keep .org in the public trust...
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Subject: No better group for the job!
Posted by Tripp Lilley at 07.16.02 @ 11.48 AM |
I can think of no better group for this job. These folks are old hands at making the Internet run for everyone. I wholeheartedly endorse the IMS/ISC bid.
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Subject: A fantastic idea!
Posted by Ty Sarna at 07.16.02 @ 11.47 AM |
I think having ISC/IMS run .org is a fantastic idea!
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Subject: Perfect Group for it.
Posted by Ron Jarrell at 07.16.02 @ 11.43 AM |
A fine choice for a group to run .org.
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Subject: Do it.
Posted by Carl Zwanzig at 07.16.02 @ 11.24 AM |
An organization that -knows- DNS running a TLD? That's a great idea.
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Subject: Support for IMC/ISC to run .org
Posted by Jason Thorpe at 07.16.02 @ 11.15 AM |
It is important for non-profit organizations to have access to a TLD run by a non-profit. The users of .org domains are providing services to the Internet community, almost always on a volunteer basis. Without these organizations, the Internet would not be the huge success that it is today.
As a long time open source software developer, and member of several .org-using organizations, I fully support the IMS/ISC in their bid to run the .org TLD.
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Subject: public trust
Posted by martha baer at 07.16.02 @ 10.54 AM |
great work. i'm with you.
Keep .org as a public trust
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Subject: T·mogatom a IMS/ISC kezdemÈnyezÈsÈt !!!
Posted by Lajos Vadnay at 07.16.02 @ 07.04 AM |
Itt az ideje hogy a .org domain kezelÈsÈt egy nonprofit alapÌtv·ny vÈgezze ezÈrt t·mogatom az IMS/ISC-t kezdemÈnyezÈsÈt!
Sok sikert!
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Subject: Suport pentru propunerea IMS/ISC .ORG
Posted by Sorin Iluti at 07.16.02 @ 05.19 AM |
Cred ca propunerea facuta de IMS/ISC este una care ar veni in ajutorul a milioane de utilizatori ai internetului.
Dar din pacate din aceste milioane de utilizatori putini sunt care obsearva care sunt aceste avantaje si mai putini
care sa si faca ceva pentru asta adica sa asigure suportul pentru aceasta propunere.Eu vreau sa beneficiez de aceste avantaje
stiind ca am contribuit si eu cu ceva adica oferindu-mi votul pentru aceasta propunere.
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Subject: Support for IMS / ISC proposal
Posted by Florin Labou at 07.16.02 @ 03.09 AM |
Add me as a supporter of this initiative.
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Subject: i'm suporting you too
Posted by Bogdan at 07.16.02 @ 02.56 AM |
I agree you and I suport your initiative
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Subject: Support .org IMS/ISC proposal
Posted by Szabo Csaba at 07.16.02 @ 01.48 AM |
Hi, I support the IMS/ISC proposals. Csaba
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Subject: I'm supporting you
Posted by Antal Attila at 07.16.02 @ 01.12 AM |
I'm supporting you
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Subject: Support for your bid to run .org TLD
Posted by Joichi Ito at 07.15.02 @ 09.49 PM |
I support your bid and will do what I can to get others to support it as well. Good luck!
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Subject: I support the IMS proposal for the .org TLD
Posted by Scott Benish at 07.15.02 @ 09.29 PM |
A wonderful idea.
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Subject: Support for Internet Multicasting Service dot ORG bid
Posted by Marshall Kirk McKusick at 07.15.02 @ 12.16 PM |
I believe that Internet Multicasting Service
is by far and away the best organization to
manage the dot ORG domain.
I agree with your efforts; domain extensions should mean what they imply.
Keep .org free.
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Subject: a support for free .org
Posted by fedorca nicoleta at 07.15.02 @ 08.58 AM |
i use a lot the internet and I'm excited to see true Internet movers making such a well-thought-out proposal
to run .org the way it should be, to benefit the people who use it and organizations too.
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Subject: Support .org IMS/ISC proposal
Posted by Remus Pereni at 07.15.02 @ 06.07 AM |
Internet is like my second country (or maybe the first?), I consider it's presence and existence vital, so why would I let it's government on some profit hungry corporate entity? Would you?
I see the IMS/ISC .org proposal as a first step to normality not to mention that supporting, from the revenue stream, public interest projects is the *absolute right thing*, you have my full support.
Even if the IMS/ISC proposal is not the only proposal from an nonprofit organization, I choose IMS/ISC as the organizations who understands that end users are the most important, I think they proved that plenty times.
Best regards,
Remus Pereni
CTO, Co-founder
noLimits Technologies
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Subject: .org should not be controlled by .coms
Posted by Dr. Joshua Ellis at 07.15.02 @ 12.12 AM |
I agree with Adam. There is no future in allowing corporations to control the .org structure. You have my full support on this.
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Subject: The right proposal, from the right institutions
Posted by Adam Greenfield at 07.14.02 @ 09.14 PM |
Stewardship of the .org domain in noncommercial hands could well keep deleterious decisions from being made that would prove irrevocable in practical terms, at least in the near term.
I heartily approve of the proposal and urge its adoption.
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Subject: I support the IMS/ISC proposal to run .ORG as a public trust.
Posted by Douglas Kingston at 07.13.02 @ 01.56 PM |
The subject says it all. I have become tired of companies milking the internet user population and not living up to the spirit of the trusts they have been given. Time for a change with the peoples interests first.
-Doug-
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Subject: the DNS should be under technocratic control again
Posted by Erik Fair at 07.12.02 @ 05.47 PM |
This bid for operating .org is the right thing, proposed by the right people.
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Subject: I support keeping .org out of corporate control
Posted by Leo Kopelow at 07.12.02 @ 01.21 PM |
Domain extensions should mean what they imply.
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Subject: Restore the Lexicon
Posted by Dexter Sear at 07.12.02 @ 01.00 PM |
Back in the day I seem to remember having to justify the assignment of a .org domain. I'm in full support of having domain extensions mean what they imply rather than arbitrary assignment to whatever entity is simply willing to pay for it.
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Subject: You are the only worthy candidate
Posted by Ben Swartz at 07.11.02 @ 01.38 PM |
You are the only worthy candidate of winning :) If you're chosen then w00t!
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Subject: Support for IMS/IMC bid
Posted by Owen Gregory at 07.11.02 @ 04.46 AM |
Not-for-profit should mean not-for-profit. It's the heart of the Internet and it should be reflected in the management and maintenance of the .org TLD. As an individual on the web (albeit with a tiny, non-commercial .com - figure that out!) I lend the ISC/IMS bid my full support.
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Subject: Support for IMS/ISC proposal
Posted by Erik Sherk at 07.10.02 @ 11.11 AM |
Hi, I support the IMS/ISC proposal.
Erik
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Subject: if we don't, who will?
Posted by Ted Wood at 07.09.02 @ 11.56 PM |
I agree that .org domains should be managed with scrutiny to help preserve their created purpose... [non-profit] organizations, not commercial operations.
I must agree that .org should be run for the public trust.
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Subject: Wow! What a great idea!
Posted by Daniel V. Klein at 07.09.02 @ 04.05 PM |
I think that IMS/ISC proposal is superb. Finally, a group I can
trust, who I know is not in it just for the quick money that is
possible. I hope the originators of the Internet (us!) can wrest
it back from the marketeers and spammers. .ORG is for Organizations,
not for profit!
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Subject: IMS/ISC bid to run .org TLD registry
Posted by Roger Hicks at 07.09.02 @ 11.25 AM |
Please register my support for your proposal to run .org - Roger Hicks.
* Founder and Past Chair of InternetNZ; directly responsible for the major structural changes to .nz ccTLD in 1996
* Member of the (newly formed) .nz Oversight Committee
* Founder and past Board Member of the Asia Pacific Internet Association
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Subject: .org is a public trust
Posted by Gray Watson at 07.09.02 @ 11.21 AM |
Just a quick note in a show of support for the IMS' bid to run the .org domain.
I registered the warhol.org domain back in 1994 for the Warhol Museum among others. The idea of turning the .org into just another TLD depresses me for any number of reasons.
I hope you guys consider their offer and stop the depreciation of .org.
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Subject: .org TLD - I hope the IMS proposal is accepted
Posted by Sherman Treece at 07.09.02 @ 11.17 AM |
I can't think of a better idea for the org TLD, nor a more competent, trustworthy organization to take charge. I hope for the best; good luck.
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Subject: support
Posted by Dorothy Smock at 07.09.02 @ 11.12 AM |
Add my name to your list of supporters!
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Subject: Keep commercial mitts off .org
Posted by Alexander Newman at 07.09.02 @ 07.23 AM |
Good luck.
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Subject: Surely it's obvious?
Posted by Andy Theyers at 07.09.02 @ 02.24 AM |
The current registration system is a commercial mess. The .org tld should be maintained in a not-for-profit manner, as the domains themselves should be used. IMS/ISC have clearly demonstrated themselves to be capable and trustworthy - far more than the current registrars. It should be obvious - let's hope that ICANN see that too.
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Subject: I support the IMS/ISC proposal for .org
Posted by Shmuel Mikel at 07.09.02 @ 12.33 AM |
After reviewing all of the proposals I believe that the IMS/ISC is the most technically competent organization making a bid. I also believe in their open business model and software development practices. I believe that IMS/ISC is the best choice for control of the .org TLD.
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Subject: Support IMS/ISC
Posted by Roger JC Cheng at 07.08.02 @ 09.50 PM |
As a non-profit . I support ISC/IMS take the ownership of .org
I have had enough issues and problems regarding corporate domain registrars, lent my ear to countless other issues and problems.
With this in mind, and my undrestanding of the ims's intentions and agreement with such, i support their bid of the IMS/ISC proposal to manage the .org domain.
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Subject: I am delighted to support the IMS/ISC proposal to manage .org
Posted by Joseph Buck at 07.08.02 @ 06.03 PM |
I am a principal engineer in the Advanced Technology Group of Synopsys, Inc (affiliation
is given for identification purposes only, I represent only myself in this message).
I have been a user and member of the Internet community for twenty years, and used
the Arpanet before there was an Internet, and my family has its own .org domain, so I
am a "stakeholder".
I am delighted to see a proposal to manage what is supposed to be the non-commercial part of
the Internet namespace in a manner true to the public interest, put forward by people who have the credentials and technical ability to do it right.
Joseph Buck
Campbell, CA
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Subject: I support the IMS proposal for the .org TLD
Posted by Tom Henderson at 07.08.02 @ 10.44 AM |
Another vote of support...
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Subject: Yet another voice of support
Posted by Aaron M. Ucko at 07.07.02 @ 06.22 PM |
I support keeping .org in non-profit hands, and feel that IMS/ISC in particular are well-suited to manage the TLD. As such, I heartily endorse your proposal; good luck!
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Subject: I support the IMS proposal for the .org TLD.
Posted by Brian Carpenter at 07.07.02 @ 10.26 AM |
If only we had someone like this running the .net and .com TLDs.
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Subject: I support the IMS proposal for the .org TLD
Posted by Lawrence Green at 07.06.02 @ 12.21 PM |
I believe that a significant part of the Internet certainly needs to be set aside for the public good, globally, and that can't happen if commercial and corporate interests are involved.
As the publisher of an independent website, I strongly support the IMS proposal for the .org TLD
--LAG
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Subject: May the .org remain in non-profit hands
Posted by Eric Dillenseger at 07.06.02 @ 10.09 AM |
Nothing special to say, I'm supporting you and I hope .org won't fall into benefits-fanatics hands.
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Subject: The IMS/ISC proposal for .org is a good one
Posted by Michael C. Berch at 07.05.02 @ 02.16 PM |
It is appropriate for .org to be managed by a nonprofit organization in the public interest, and the IMS/ISC proposal provides both a technically superior alternative as well as the personal backing of a number of persons known to me to be among the Internet's most experienced pioneers and leaders. Bravo!
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Subject: Dream Team's Dream Proposal
Posted by Don Coleman at 07.05.02 @ 12.00 PM |
An All-Star group of people have come together to make a
tecnically solid proposal which I think will enhance the ability of the .org domain and the Internet to aid the Public Good. This is a proposal soley motivated by the technical and ethical merits -- not some fig leaf non-profit like some of the other proposals for the .org domain.
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Subject: dot-org domains
Posted by Mike Toft at 07.05.02 @ 10.17 AM |
I completely having trusted.resource.org handle the domain names for the dot-org part of the Internet. It fits with the spirit of the whole non-profit world. These names should be handled by people who are not out to get rich off the procedure.
Thanks!
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Subject: Moving to Public Systems
Posted by Curt Sampson at 07.05.02 @ 01.21 AM |
We really need to see public infrastructure run in
a more open and transparent way, and I think that
this proposal is a good start to show that this is
indeed practical to realize.
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Subject: I support IMS/ISC...
Posted by Davka at 07.04.02 @ 09.57 PM |
...in their bid for .org. The .org TLD will be in better hands
with those who are ommitted to a quality Internet,
rather than those whose primary interest is profit.
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Subject: .org and even other TLDs belong in the hands of an open book group
Posted by David Ulevitch at 07.04.02 @ 09.14 PM |
.org and even other TLDs belong in the hands of an open book group.
no financial smoke and mirrors please.
-davidu
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Subject: .org in non-profit hands please.
Posted by Dug Falby at 07.04.02 @ 03.13 PM |
Like the man said "a public trust"
Keep up the goog work
All the best,
Dug
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Subject: Important Role for Non-Profits
Posted by Pam Keesey at 07.04.02 @ 02.55 PM |
I think this is an incredibly important issue for non-profits. Granting .org public trust status is vital for ensuring public access to the Internet, and a great vision of the future of the World Wide Web.
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Subject: I support the IMS/ISC proposal to take ownership of .org
Posted by John Brothers at 07.04.02 @ 01.05 PM |
Far better in their hands than in Verisign's, or any commercial/governmental agency for that matter. I trust that these people will run it right, not fleece their customers and make everything work.
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Subject: the .org tld should be managed as a commons
Posted by Larry Price at 07.04.02 @ 11.09 AM |
I support the IMS proposal, the .org domain should be managed
as a commons in the public interest rather than as
a for-profit fiefdom of a commerciall interest.
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Subject: Support for IMS
Posted by Barry Lustig at 07.04.02 @ 10.28 AM |
The .org domain should be run by a true non-profit, not a for-profit organization hiding behind a non-profit front. The IMS folks are proposing to run .org in true non-profit manner, low cost for users and high quality support. I support them.
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Subject: A place for non-profits on the Internet
Posted by Stephanie George at 07.04.02 @ 10.00 AM |
I support the ISC/IMS proposal of using and supporting the TLD .org as a public trust.
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Subject: Just another voice...
Posted by Al S at 07.04.02 @ 09.31 AM |
of support, hopefully not to be lost in the wilderness of ICANN bureacracy.
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Subject: I support ISC and IMS in turning .org into a public trust
Posted by Eric Johnson at 07.04.02 @ 09.18 AM |
the .org tld should be managed as a non-profit public trust. I fully support ISC and IMS and hope that ICANN will see the virtue of this idea.
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Subject: I support the IMS/ICS proposal also
Posted by Bob Crandell at 07.04.02 @ 08.07 AM |
.org should be supported by not for profit organizations.
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Subject: .org should not be controled by Verisign
Posted by August Kull at 07.04.02 @ 04.27 AM |
Verisign is a for profit entity and .org should be in an open and transparent environment which allows public inspection. verisign is not it!
Gus Kull
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Subject: I support the IMS/ICS proposal
Posted by Adam Moskowitz at 07.04.02 @ 04.25 AM |
Based on their reputation and long history of excellent contributions to the Internet community, I support IMS/ICS' proposal.
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Subject: IMS yes
Posted by Bob Miller at 07.03.02 @ 10.33 PM |
IMS/ISC is definitely the right organization to run .ORG
or any other TLD. The principles have had a large hand in
building the Internet in the first place, so why not let them
turn .ORG into a model of responsible domain management?
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Subject: I support the IMS proposal
Posted by Chris Kantarjiev at 07.03.02 @ 09.44 PM |
This proposal has my hearty support - a non-profit
for the non-profits! Verisign is a bad fit,
and not a trustworthy player.
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Subject: Proven track record
Posted by Rich Salz at 07.03.02 @ 09.21 PM |
I've been involved with the Internet for many years. At one time I wrote and maintained INN, an open source Usenet/NNTP implementation that was the world's most popular. during that time I had extensive involvement with many of the folks involved in this effort and got to see first-hand what others know by reputation: the "good guy" "in the spirit of the net" reputations of these people are without peer, and deservedly so.
It's rare that technology and attitude are both headed in the right direction. I support this proposal wholeheartedly.
 SEE ALSO: IMS/ISC: Competent and right-thinking, too ...
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Subject: The "Internet Way"
Posted by David Eckhardt at 07.03.02 @ 01.05 PM |
I am excited to see true Internet movers and
shakers making such a well-thought-out proposal
to run .org the way it should be, to benefit
the people and organizations it should benefit.
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Subject: Just proposing this is good, even if it is rejected
Posted by Sean Levy at 07.03.02 @ 11.55 AM |
This is clearly the right thing to do. I cannot imagine what argument ICANN will marshal against it, but I'm sure they'll think of something.
If the proposal is accepted, it's a very good thing.
If the proposal is rejected, ICANN will be made out even more blatantly to be exactly what they are, which can only be a good thing.
Rock on. --S
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Subject: Support .org ISC/IMS proposal
Posted by Jesus Rodriguez at 07.03.02 @ 10.37 AM |
Support this great idea to keep .org for public domain.
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Subject: Let the net come back to the "builders"
Posted by Luca La Ferla at 07.03.02 @ 10.24 AM |
I think that we have to defend the roles of the pivotal independent institutions that had worked seriously and silently for us, the users. if we want a better future for the Net or just the survival, We need more actions in that direction.
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Subject: I support this proposal
Posted by Lisa Bloch at 07.03.02 @ 08.59 AM |
The ISC/IMS proposal is the best of the published proposals. And, while anyone would do a better job
than Verisign, I believe that the people associated
with this proposal will try to do an outstanding job
in the interest of the organizations they are serving.
I heartily support IMS/ISC's proposal; Verisign lost my trust years ago when they started selling information to the spammers.
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Subject: IMS is a Better Fit than Verisign
Posted by Terry Nightingale at 07.03.02 @ 08.46 AM |
We need a non-profit in charge of .org, someone who understands the importance of free communication unhindered by profit motivation. Let VeriSign manage .com and .biz, but leave .org to those who "get it".
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Subject: I support IMS/ISC .org bid
Posted by Dan Pritts at 07.03.02 @ 07.57 AM |
I believe that it is in the public interest for a non-profit organization to manage the .org TLD.
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Subject: I support the IMS proposal
Posted by Win Treese at 07.03.02 @ 07.57 AM |
This is an excellent proposal, and I think it will provide the
best way to administer the .org domain.
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Subject: I support the IMS/ISC bid
Posted by Todd Kover at 07.03.02 @ 07.12 AM |
I believe that the .org domains should be managed by a pure not for profit group. The members of IMS/ISC have a proven track record and are the right people for the job.
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Subject: No more commercial interests behind no-profit
Posted by Angelo Turetta at 07.03.02 @ 07.04 AM |
I really hope you'll succeed in getting the .org TLD. I support your effort.
Angelo Turetta.
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Subject: I support IMS becoming the .org TLD Operator
Posted by William Clark at 07.03.02 @ 06.38 AM |
Let's put this back in the hands of an organization that isn't driven by profit.
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Subject: I support the IMS/ISC bid!
Posted by Steven D. Miller at 07.03.02 @ 06.30 AM |
I believe firmly that the IMS/ISC team is over-
whelmingly likely to provide excellent service
for .org, and I heartily endorse their bid.
The people involved in this bid have unmatched
Internet experience. I'm coming up on my 20th
year working with the Internet and its protocols,
yet the people working on this project make me
look like the rankest of amateurs. Their deep-
seated experience with building large, failure-
resistant systems -- systems that actually
work and provide good service, as opposed to
those that just look pretty on a PowerPoint
slide -- is unparalled. Technically, these people
simply cannot be beaten.
That having been said, all the technical ability
in the world is useless without good management.
The people involved in this bid have demonstrated
their ability to manage projects and companies
of a scale significantly larger than that required
for their .org proposal. Furthermore, their long
tenure in the business and Internet communities,
combined with their extensive relationships in
the financial community, mean that they have
access to an abundance of financial and business
advisors should a bit of outside help be useful.
I believe that the tools that this group would
develop would help greatly in assisting some of
the less-capable existing registrars, both in
the US and worldwide.
Finally, it would be wonderful to see the .org
domain handled by a not-for-profit, and this group
has a proven track record in managing not-for-
profit organizations.
I wish their proposal the greatest success.
I strongly support ISC's bid to operate .org.
They are the only team that is a pure non-prift
organization.
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Subject: The Right Tool for the Job
Posted by Mike O'Dell at 07.03.02 @ 05.42 AM |
The folks behind the IMS proposal are, quite literally, the best that can be had for any price. The technical team sets the gold standard, the policy contingent has a proven track record coaxing reluctant organizations into the twentieth century, and the business and financial expertise is singular in ability and tenacity.
Nobody is doing *any* of this for the first time, and in the world of risk management, it doesn't get any better than this. If this were a conventional startup, VCs would be fighting to fund this team.
Full and fair disclosure - I believe I know almost everyone involved personally and hold them all in the highest regard both for ability and personal integrity. The other organizations in this "competition" do not warrant such a description.
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Subject: Absolutely
Posted by Kennis Koldewyn at 07.03.02 @ 05.12 AM |
I strongly support the IMS/ISC bid to become the .org TLD operator. The .org TLD was always intended to be run by a nonprofit organization, and IMS/ISC will invest the profits from running .org back into the internet infrastructure for the benefit of the entire community. This is a no-brainer. I wish them the best of luck with their bid.
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Subject: .orgs are forever
Posted by bejoy at 07.03.02 @ 04.41 AM |
.coms and .nets come and go; .orgs just never die!
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Subject: Technical Excellence
Posted by Robert Terzi at 07.03.02 @ 03.35 AM |
As a .org domain owner I fully support the proposal. I believe we should all recognize its vision and technical excellence as the same caliber which has given us the this precious resource that corporate entities are struggling to take control over without the vision or the technical excellence to allow the internet continue to thrive and evolve.
The community process needs to continue if the internet is going to evolve.
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Subject: Proven track record
Posted by tim hughes at 07.03.02 @ 03.27 AM |
Vixie et al have a proven track record of providing excellent services for the internet community, whereas the corporate interests have shown the greed and underhand tactics that is to be expected of such an organisation.
Please don't penalise not-for-profit organisations by putting them at the mercy of a for-profit one.
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Subject: Go on, GO!
Posted by Zen at 07.03.02 @ 03.23 AM |
Let's see if we can put .org in the hands of people who
know what they are doing.
Let Verisign their certificates :)
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Subject: Free .org !!!
Posted by Ade Lightly at 07.03.02 @ 02.56 AM |
Go on, you know it makes sense.
You'll sleep better too.
You will.
Yes.
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Subject: .org should be run by those who give something back
Posted by Eliot Lear at 07.03.02 @ 02.46 AM |
And that's Vixie and crew. They have a proven track record, beyond reproach.
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Subject: the community has lost faith in verisign.
Posted by Tom Spindler at 07.02.02 @ 11.34 PM |
With Verisign's sleazeball tactics that have gotten particularly bad as of late- e.g. sending out renewal forms for domains you haven't registered with them - I know of no professionals in the computing or networking fields who thinks Verisign augurs a healthy internet.
The IMS and ISC, on the other hand, have had a consistent showing of community support and have done numerous things to foster the internet's continued well-being. I think nothing but good could come about from ISC and IMS operating the .org TLD.
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Subject: Please support IMS/ISC's proposal
Posted by Noah Friedman at 07.02.02 @ 09.50 PM |
I fully support the ISC/IMS as the trustee of the .ORG
top-level domain. They have done an excellent job
maintaining many core pieces of internet infrastructure for
the public good, and I trust them fully.
The for-profit corporations which have been responsible for
administering the .ORG TLD have completely abandoned its
charter and administer it to their own financial gain;
e.g. by purposely misguiding individuals and businesses into
grabbing every TLD they can regardless of appropriateness to
their mission. There is no reason to trust that any other
for-profit business would behave any differently; their
first priority is to maximize profits, not to maintain
public infrastructure.
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Subject: keep part of the internet sane!
Posted by John McBride at 07.02.02 @ 09.48 PM |
Please, please I pray part of the internet will be left to the people who created it, not for profit but for the sharing of knowedge and the pusuit of goodness.
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Subject: A good idea from good people
Posted by Mike W. Meyer at 07.02.02 @ 09.31 PM |
The people offering to run the .org TLD the way it should be run - not for profit - are good people, both in general and for this job. I heartily endorse this idea.
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Subject: .org as a public trust
Posted by Dorab Patel at 07.02.02 @ 09.28 PM |
It is best that a non-profit run the non-profit .org as a public trust. The IMS/ISC combination has unimpeachable technical ability and a history of public works projects. I enthusiactically endorse their proposal.
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Subject: .org is a public trust
Posted by Leonard H. Tower Jr. at 07.02.02 @ 08.56 PM |
Hi,
This is a great proposal by very competent people,
who understand the differences between the
commercial and non-profit sectors.
Please accept it.
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Subject: Non-profit domains by non-profit people
Posted by Jeff Randall at 07.02.02 @ 08.50 PM |
I would very much like to see the profit motive removed from the business decisions regarding the .org domain. I support the Internet Multicasting Service and the Internet Software Consortium in their bid to operate the .org top level domain.
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Subject: non-profit orgs run by non-proft orgs
Posted by ryan rawson at 07.02.02 @ 08.28 PM |
one of the best ideas i've heard in a long time on the net
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Subject: Best people for the job
Posted by Andrew Partan at 07.02.02 @ 08.18 PM |
This proposal is really well done and these people are the best people for the job.
I Know most of the people involved and they are the best crew I can think of to do this job and do it extremely well.
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Subject: Good idea
Posted by Otto Pichlhoefer at 07.02.02 @ 07.59 PM |
go ahead!
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Subject: Re: .org is a public trust
Posted by Boyce Taylor at 07.02.02 @ 06.27 PM |
I gratefully support the IMS/ISC proposal. ICANN, please make the right decision on this important international issue.
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Subject: Can't think of a better fit!
Posted by Bradley a Wendelboe at 07.02.02 @ 06.26 PM |
IMS+ISC managing the .org. Make it so!
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Subject: Non-profit .org maintainer
Posted by Eric M. Monsler at 07.02.02 @ 06.04 PM |
I truly believe that the only way to get fair stewardship of the .org TLD would be to have it done by a non-profit organization. The IMS/IMC seems to be an organization dedicated to such a role.
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Subject: Very important to the future of innovation on the internet
Posted by Andrew Elmore at 07.02.02 @ 06.00 PM |
I agree, generally, with Lawrence Lessig's argument that the reason that the internet has been such a platform for innovation is its openness, end-to-end. (for more on his arguments, see "The
Future of Ideas: The Fate of the Commons in a Connected World.")
Opening the .org registry is a great way to promote openness and encourage innovation.
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Subject: .org should be run by a .org and...
Posted by Jack E. Wilkinson at 07.02.02 @ 05.41 PM |
... .org should be kept NON-commercial. there are many (possibly too many) commercial domains available now, so let's start keeping them in the categories for which they were intended.
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Subject: .org as a public
Posted by Sean Berry at 07.02.02 @ 05.15 PM |
I have a couple of .org domains. They're not commercial, nor was .org ever supposed to be. They're for my house, and my extended family. I didn't buy or sell them, I just registered them.
Domain -names- shouldn't be something anyone should need to make money from. They're just the phone book for everything else that matters. Make money on services, make money on content you generate. Make money from customers whom you -sell- something useful to.
Let the non-profits administer the domain, it was designed for them.
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Subject: Aligns with the original intent/success of the 'net
Posted by Nathan Bailey at 07.02.02 @ 04.49 PM |
Isn't one of the fundamental precents of the Internet that a bunch of talented volunteers operating in an open way can produce the best results? RFCs and most of the software that runs the core of the 'net work this way...
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Subject: It's time for a noncommercial entity to administer .ORG
Posted by Jack Royal-Gordon at 07.02.02 @ 04.47 PM |
ICANN has proven over the years that it does not have the public's interest at heart in the administrative duties it performs.
Conversely, IMS and ISC have shown consistently that they put the public's interest ahead of their own monetary concerns.
I have no doubt that they can effectively administer an operation of this magnitude, just as I have no doubt that they will do so in the best interest of the public.
Can ICANN make either of these statements (with a straight face)?
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Subject: Full support for ISC proposal
Posted by James Sears at 07.02.02 @ 04.37 PM |
ISC is the most trustworthy and capable organisation for the future
of the ORG TLD. I fully support the IMS/ISC proposal, and especially
welcome their commitment to DNSSEC and support for IPv6.
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Subject: Let people who love the internet more than the money run .org
Posted by Edward S Blades at 07.02.02 @ 03.50 PM |
These people have already made huge contributions
to how the internet works.
Let them manage part of their labor of love.
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Subject: public interest
Posted by Tom Reingold at 07.02.02 @ 03.06 PM |
Commerce controls quite enough of the Internet these days, and lately, the big players are pushing their standards which, in my view, compete with the public interest. I support the proposal. We stand to lose a national treasure if we don't have a domain designated for the public interest independent of the profit motive.
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Subject: Excellent Proposal
Posted by Tony Aiuto at 07.02.02 @ 03.04 PM |
I think the proposal meets the required criteria and would serve the public better than having a commercial entity run .org
This proposal is blinding obvious: it is correct. The folks involved in this proposal have time and again shown their committment to a free and open internet. I can't think of anyone better to entrust the .org namespace too.
--
Ari Gordon-Schlosberg
Internet Technologist
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Subject: I support the IMS/ISC bid for .org
Posted by Nate Riffe at 07.02.02 @ 02.47 PM |
I support the efforts of IMS/ISC in their bid for control of the ORG top-level domain. I believe that these organizations possess the resources to run a TLD of this magnitude, and the integrity to do it fairly based on a policy constructed from and maintained with public input (as opposed to the lip service paid to 'fairness' by ICANN)
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Subject: I support the IMS bid for .org
Posted by Christian Mogensen at 07.02.02 @ 02.42 PM |
I trust the people behind IMS/ISC and believe they will ensure that .org continues to be a place where all sorts of services, both private and organized, can continue to flourish.
Good luck everyone.
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Subject: Better, faster, cheaper
Posted by Bob Manson at 07.02.02 @ 02.38 PM |
Not to steal a line from NASA (and so far NASA's BFC program hasn't quite shown its worth :-) but I think that any of the TLDs, including but not limited to .org, can be managed far better and more cheaply than the way Network Solutions (sorry, I mean Verisign) is currently handling them.
Verisign has shown its stupidity and incompetence many times over, but most recently their efforts at faking domain expiry notices shows just how low things have gotten for them.
ISC/IMT are the right people for the job, as their vast experience at DNS managment has shown. (Or at least if they aren't right now, they'll be repeatedly beaten into submission until they *are* the right people for the job. :-) Domain names (and the entire DNS, for that matter) are a public service. TLD maintenance should not be entrusted to a corporation whose inevitable greed will far exceed its ability to offer reliable service at the lowest possible price.
In other words, "Give the domain names back to the people!" (Free Huey?)
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Subject: I support IMS/ISC proposal
Posted by Thomas E Enebo at 07.02.02 @ 02.36 PM |
Their proposal shows how well qualified they are to do this. The names involved are legendary. Lets have at least part of the internet (.org) be managed by people who care about the internet and its culture (as opposed to its economic potential).
Thomas E Enebo
Aandtech, Inc.
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Subject: Fairness
Posted by Paul M. Lambert at 07.02.02 @ 02.29 PM |
It's only fair to allow non-commercial interests the same advantages of businesses. These folks have proven themselves to be more than capable of meeting the requirements for managing .org, and so it's in the best interest of the consumers of .org domains to allow them to manage it at a much lower cost than the commercial interests would allow.
--plambert
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Subject: I support public interest control of the .org TLD
Posted by Rich Holland at 07.02.02 @ 02.12 PM |
This is the best idea I've heard in years!
The .org domain has been the most sorely abused of all TLDs. It's time that someone with a vested interest in maintaining the original spirit of the .org
designation be handed control. If you need volunteer help with domain administration, establishing veracity of nonprofit org claims, and so on, please don't hesitate to contact me.
Robert G. Ferrell
Mico, Texas
USA
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Subject: Best idea I've heard all day.
Posted by Greg Hewgill at 07.02.02 @ 02.03 PM |
I can think of no better custodian for the .org island of not-for-profit sanity in the sea of commercialism.
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Subject: Keep control of .org open.
Posted by Mark Frazer at 07.02.02 @ 01.41 PM |
IMS intends to do so and is obviously qualified to fulfill their intention.
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Subject: An excellent direction and solution
Posted by Don Whiteside at 07.02.02 @ 01.40 PM |
I'd be thrilled to see IMS get the .org responsibility. There's every indication they'd embody the spirit that should be behind the TLD that stands for 'organization.'
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Subject: .org a good start
Posted by Angus Durocher at 07.02.02 @ 01.34 PM |
Verisign does not remotely serve the public interest. ICANN could gain back some of their rapidly deteriorating image of serving the pubic interest by granting administration of the .org TLD to an organization that has clearly demonstrated their commitment to the public trust.
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Subject: .org belongs in the hands of a nonprofit group
Posted by Jonathan Levine at 07.02.02 @ 01.32 PM |
Paul Vixie and his group are ABSOLUTELY the
right people for this job. There is no reason
for the .org TLD to be run by a for-profit group;
Vixie, Malamud, and IMS unquestionably have the
gumption and technical strength to do this properly.
The gold rush is over, folks. It's time to return
this part of the Internet to those that brung you.
Jonathan
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Subject: IMS are the right people for the job.
Posted by Herb Peyerl at 07.02.02 @ 01.22 PM |
As it started, it should once again, be for and by non-profit organizations. Go IMS! There is no better group of individuals to run the .org registry, without question.
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Subject: The Internet needs a TLD managed for the public.
Posted by Andy Meyer at 07.02.02 @ 01.20 PM |
Various registrars have been snapping up namespace
in a feeding frenzy for years. The public deserves
a TLD which is managed as a public trust. The
Internet owes its success to the community which
has been brushed aside in the interest of profits
for years. We owe it to the community to assure
they don't lose yet another TLD.
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Subject: IMS gets my vote for running .org
Posted by Christopher G Williams at 07.02.02 @ 01.05 PM |
Verisign is only in it for the money. Give it to IMS!
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Subject: Makes sense
Posted by Anselm at 07.02.02 @ 12.56 PM |
From what I can see, it does seem to make sense to have the .org TLD's operated by a non profit focused organization. IMS and ISC seem to be good candidates for this role and I applaud and support them in stepping up to the challenge.
-a
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Subject: trustworthiness, experience
Posted by Eduardo Santiago at 07.02.02 @ 12.46 PM |
Nothing new to say: just my support.
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Subject: Let IMS/ISC manage .org
Posted by Scott Spanbauer at 07.02.02 @ 12.29 PM |
As everyone else has stated so eloquently, these are the right people for the job. My personal experience with Verisign is that they are only in it for the money.
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Subject: Dot-ORG is a Public Trust
Posted by Bryan Quattlebaum at 07.02.02 @ 12.09 PM |
Preserve the purity of the Orgs -- let ICANN know that Dot-ORG should not be sold out!
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Subject: Save the orgs
Posted by Dan Allen at 07.02.02 @ 08.01 AM |
The independent Web must not be threatened! Save the orgs! Let those who can be trusted be lead the way. My enthusiastic vote for IMS.
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Subject: What part of Non Profit do they not understand?
Posted by mark wilkin at 07.02.02 @ 04.51 AM |
.org, non profit organisations, makes sense in my head for their domain register to be run by a non profit organisation as well.
And thats without even thinking of the monumental cockup that Verisign and the gang have made of their 'business'.
Lets see what IMS/ISC can do.
I have been watching the growth of Internet in Thailand since July 1992, the year I set up the Internet Gateway in Bangkok, Thailand. Ten years now. Although on the surface the commercial Internet is thriving, actually it is just more of the same. People are still chatting, emailing, webbing, and modemming. Simple old "killer apps".
About a few years back I needed to step in and help set up the UniNet interuniversity network for Thailand. It is an expanding entity with things like I2 and the GRID. Major research applications are in the making. A bit late but it is there. However, it is rather difficult to find interests from the private sector now.
Lately I read an article on the demise of academic libraries and possible salvation. One thing really stuck to my mind. The customers of the library are the people in the university. The customers of a publisher are the stock holders.
So there you have it. Private holding of things are for their stock holders. Their investments. Not the public. Not even the "customers". They are ready at all time to dump the "customers" if their real customers said so. Public is just a galaxy far, far away.
My country is hot on "outsourcing" the public enterprises. I wonder what would happen to my electricity or my tap water if their stock starts to go 2 cents a piece. Enronism. Or should I say Worldcommism.
A definite, contractible task can be outsourced, not the will, the policy of the people. No way.
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Subject: We must ensure there is a part of the Web which will always be open to all
Posted by Tony Franks at 07.02.02 @ 03.42 AM |
Mustn't we!
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Subject: Support IMS for .org
Posted by Davey Leslie at 07.02.02 @ 02.47 AM |
Never one to resist tilting at windmills.
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Subject: .org should be for non-profits, not dot coms
Posted by Larry van Kampen at 07.01.02 @ 09.54 PM |
Having .org run by a for profit organization is illogical. Verisign is horrible, don't let a company like them mismanage this. Then take away .com and .net from them. Their egregious methods must be stopped.
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Subject: please support .org in public trust
Posted by Estela Kuo at 07.01.02 @ 09.07 PM |
It is very important for the industry development.
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Subject: all power to the dot-commons!
Posted by pat kane at 07.01.02 @ 07.46 PM |
Yes, full support, hope you make some headway.
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Subject: Vote of Confidence for IMS/.ORG
Posted by Dan Rubin at 07.01.02 @ 06.35 PM |
I just wanted to add my vote (and that of our entire company) for seeing IMS in control of the .ORG registry. I will be glad to speak in person or write on paper my support as well.
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Subject: pls support .org in public trust
Posted by James Lee at 07.01.02 @ 06.05 PM |
I fully beleive .org should be taken care by a non-profit organization and put in public trust. The IMS proposal is what many of us with public interest would like to see happen.
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Subject: I strongly endorse the IMS/ISC bid to run the .org TLD
Posted by Tavis Rudd [via bot] at 07.01.02 @ 06.00 PM |
Among the applicants, the ISC/IMS bid is the most technically competent and offers the best chance of an open, transparent, and fairly-run registry. ISC in particular brings a depth of experience and commitment to public service unmatched by any other possible applicant. They are competent, knowledgeable, and have a long history of doing good on the Internet. The same cannot be said of any organization currently running a web registry.ÝÝ
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Subject: .org should be a public trust: IMS/ISC
Posted by Ben Hubble [via bot] at 07.01.02 @ 05.56 PM |
IMS/ISC is a competent, public interest-minded group that is not totally focused on the "easy money" of domain registration. The .org registration rights should got to a true not-for-profit organization
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Subject: You've got my support!
Posted by Manuel Razzari at 07.01.02 @ 05.29 PM |
The online world would be a better place. Good luck!
The IMS/ISC non-profit bid to operate the .org registry as a public service is clearly more likely to be in keeping with the spirit of non-profit and religious organisations of any denomination. Distributed control of these public internet resources by non-monopolistic, non-commercial, wholly independent individuals is the most democratic and appropriate assignment of this service.
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Subject: If it has Paul Vixie involved...
Posted by John Havard at 07.01.02 @ 02.34 PM |
I'm all for it.
I wish IMS and ISC would have bid to take over .us. Maybe it's not too late to beg neustar for control over the RFC1480 namespace.
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Subject: Please protect .org - let IMS manage it
Posted by Richard Blumberg at 07.01.02 @ 02.22 PM |
Over the past couple of years, ICANN has lost a lot of credibility with a very important constituency by casting its lot with the fat cats - the monied interests. Here's a chance to regain at least some of that credibility by restoring the one TLD that was originally reserved for the use of public organizations to a governing body that will honor that purpose and manage the domain with responsibility and integrity. I support the IMS proposal.
Richard
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Subject: Just plain logical
Posted by Afonso Fern·ndez Nogueira at 07.01.02 @ 10.33 AM |
.Com is meant for profits.
.Org is meant for non-profits.
Let .Org be truly non-profit --for the backend as for the frontend.
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Subject: I support the IMS/ISC proposal!
Posted by Claes Persson at 07.01.02 @ 10.13 AM |
I agree with all that's been said thus far and don't have anything new to add except my support.
And that ".org is a public trust".
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Subject: obviously YES
Posted by Diane Schenker at 07.01.02 @ 09.55 AM |
So obvious, it hurts -- and yet likely to be ignored or,
worse yet, bulldozed, by the profit-hungry.
This proposal to administer the .org TLD is excellent, worthy,
the right thing to do.
you have my vote for .org as a public trust. Verisign and other corporate registrars are doing such a poor job we need technically adept registrars, particularly for .org.
(I am webmaster for 2 .org domains, centralpc.org and headhuggers.org)
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Subject: Great idea
Posted by Seth Martin at 07.01.02 @ 09.17 AM |
Couldn't make more sense. You have my support - whatever its worth :-)
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Subject: You have my support
Posted by Mikael Suomela at 07.01.02 @ 08.11 AM |
I'm definitely backing this idea. Non-profit is the trustworthy way to go.
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Subject: Let a dot-org run dot-org
Posted by Mike Carvalho at 07.01.02 @ 07.46 AM |
It's a no-brainer. I am absolutely in support of this proposal. Maintain the public trust.
.org run by a public trust is a wise idea.
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Subject: Here's my vote
Posted by WaynePelletier at 07.01.02 @ 05.57 AM |
.org must remain free from .com
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Subject: support for IMS to run .org TLD
Posted by Tim at 07.01.02 @ 05.29 AM |
Versign has currently lost one domain name from our accounts that was recently paid for. This is one of several problems I have had in 2 years
Lets get rid of greedy innefficient profit seeking Domain Registrars.
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Subject: Nous encourageons et soutenons cette candidature
Posted by Serge K. Keller at 07.01.02 @ 04.29 AM |
Une orgaganisation ý but non lucratif est la seule proposition de gestion de TLD possible pour servir les utilisateurs et les propriÈtaires des domaines, et non pas uniquement une minoritÈ de parties intÈressÈes.
Ce poiunt est particuliËrement vital en ce qui concerne le TLD en .org.
C'est pourquoi nous appuyons pleinement cette candidature.
--
Pour hypertexte.net: Serge K. Keller
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Subject: .ORG SUPPORT
Posted by Kevin at 07.01.02 @ 02.05 AM |
.org should be free - thank you for your efforts on our behalf.
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Subject: On a slipper slope
Posted by Paul Watson at 07.01.02 @ 01.19 AM |
That we even have to dicuss whether a non-profit or insidious-commercial enterprise control TLDs is insane. Non-profit is the obvious choice, if nothing more than we have already seen how commercial enterprises serve us netizens and the world.
IMS, you have my vote.
The existing for-profit systems are failing with increasing frequency. Please let IMS be the .org operator.
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Subject: Support for IMS/ISC dot ORG bid
Posted by John M. Brown at 07.01.02 @ 12.43 AM |
As a long time member of the internet community, a dot ORG user myself, and a supporter of diverse infrastructure, I fully support IMS/ISC being awarded the dot ORG bid.
After reviewing the various other proposals, IMS/ISC has the best intentions (helping to fund other projects), and the best set of technical and business savy people to run this venture.
With people like Ms. Woolf, Mr. Vixie and the entire host of people at ISC and IMS, you couldn't find a better "For the Internet" minded group of seasoned people. Not only are their technical qualifications more than any other bidder, but their success in "thinking up", building and operating major internet facilities compares to no other group I know.
Therefore it is with great enthusiasm, that I and my company, FULLY SUPPORT the IMS/ISC bid.
Respectfully,
John M. Brown, CEO
Chagres Technologies, Inc
Critical Infrastructure Engineering and Security
Member ARIN AC
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Subject: Non-profit is the way to go
Posted by bignose at 06.30.02 @ 08.58 PM |
A non-profit is a far superior body to manage a public resource like a DNS TLD, rather than a corporation answering only to shareholders. I fully support IMS/ISC in their bid to become the .org registrar.
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Subject: Great idea
Posted by Leto at 06.30.02 @ 05.24 PM |
Has my vote :thumbsup:
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Subject: .org is a public trust
Posted by melissa at 06.30.02 @ 04.02 PM |
non-profit organziation to help non-profit organizations sure makes sense to me. I fully support this bid.
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Subject: devo continuum
Posted by Sonny at 06.30.02 @ 02.57 PM |
This is great. The web seems to be truly maturing... 360 degrees. This is another step, along with browser maturity & designer maturity... that will help the big picture of the web...
Good luck and "go kick some ass".
Sonny
You have my vote
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Subject: =pro public=
Posted by m. beau smith at 06.30.02 @ 12.11 PM |
Organizations don't necessarily have excess funds to spend at will. Easing the ability to share and spread messages should be supported.
I support the movement of making the internet less capatalistic and more public, thus I support the .org TLD management by the Internet Multicasting Service.
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Subject: true freedom
Posted by Eric at 06.30.02 @ 11.26 AM |
i fully support the idea of allow the dot org registry to be a public trust instead of a capitialist greed center. the complete idea of the dot org was to allow non for profits to roam freely, and for the dot coms and other domains for other purposes. there is no reason why the dot org should not remain under a public trust or controled by a non for profit organization.
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Subject: after my Verisign/NetSol woes...yes, please!
Posted by Shannon at 06.30.02 @ 10.33 AM |
I had such a terrible time with Verisign / Network Solutions recently - my site went down, their auto-registry system didn't work and couldn't be bypassed, they made me fax them instead, they offered to "expedite" processing my request for a bribe...oops, I mean fee. One can only imagine the full scope of things they and other registrars have done to independent sites such as my own.
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Subject: It will be a crime if IMS doesn't get .org
Posted by Tim O'Reilly at 06.30.02 @ 09.51 AM |
I wholeheartedly support the application of the Internet Multicasting Service to run the .org TLD.
Carl's history of taking on public-service projects to move the industry in the right direction, and Paul Vixie's unique expertise in the DNS (he is, after all, the maintainer of BIND, the software the entire net depends on for domain name services) makes this a must-have entry.
I know that the Internet Society, a wonderful organization on whose Board of Trustees I served for four years, is also applying to manage this registry. However, ISOC's application is in partnership with a commercial provider, and they will not be as intimately involved in the actual operations.
If we want to see how the domain name system can be treated as a public trust, there is no better place to start than with IMS and .org.
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Subject: Endorsement
Posted by Maria at 06.30.02 @ 08.01 AM |
Dot Org was meant to be a public trust, and should certainly be restored to one. I think this is vital to the internet, as non profit organizations need our support. What the internet doesn't need is another advertising bandwagon. We are littered with enough street signs and neon lights. The internet needs to be viewed as the invaluable education resource that it is, rather than just another way to purchase products. The potential here is great, provided we make the correct decisions. The first of which would be to put Dot Org back into non profit hands. I believe that Trusted resource dot org would accomplish this goal, and continue to promote the internet as an information, rather than an advertising tool.
.org was meant for non-profits; it should be administered by a non-profit. I strongly support their bid to become the .org TLD operator.
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Subject: Vote of support
Posted by S¯ren Madsen at 06.30.02 @ 12.50 AM |
The basic architecture of the internet is based on openess and "intelligent ends". Everything in between is just routers, hubs, and a lot of cabling. This architecture has resulted in the emergent phenomenon of creativity we know as the World Wide Web
Many threats exists to this architecture, ie. the ongoing attempts to regulate copyrights etc. via intelligent hubs - the architecture is changed, and the openess endangered.
So therefore IMS/ISC gets my vote - keeping the internet open, based on the wishes of the community.
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Subject: Support? Definitely!
Posted by Jason Ruel at 06.29.02 @ 09.48 PM |
I definitely support this idea. Such a thing should have been known as common knowledge since .org came to be, along with .com and .net, and the pletora [sp?] of other dot's that came to be since.
Not supporting such a thing would be like not supporting laws against murder. Because, let's face it, the corporate registries have already done the equivalent of murder in the past.
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Subject: An ORG to run .org.
Posted by Karl-Peter Gottschalk at 06.29.02 @ 08.38 PM |
IMS/ISC must be appointed to run the .org namespace. An .org is the organization best qualified to run .org.
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Subject: vote of support
Posted by Peter Walton Hopkins at 06.29.02 @ 08.30 PM |
I'm completely behind you guys on this issue. The org TLD especially should be kept out of the hands of businesses who would try to abuse and exploit it, then manage it incompetently as is the case now. I applaud trusted.resource.org for realizing that this top level domain should not be seen as a source of profit but as a public resource, and I trust them to manage it reasonably, efficiently, and fairly.
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Subject: 2 thumbs up from me
Posted by Kevin Deighton at 06.29.02 @ 06.32 PM |
It makes perfect sense that the .org TLD should be operated as a public trust, and frankly I'm surprised nobody thought of it before. Considering the poor service of late from profit-making registrars in comparison to your own impressive record, and taking into account your history of support for the non-profit web, it seems IMS would be an ideal choice.
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Subject: Endorsement
Posted by Jeremy Keith at 06.29.02 @ 06.07 PM |
Having read the proposal at http://trusted.resource.org/ I would like to add my full support and endorsement.
Every eventuality has been considered and covered in the proposal and it is clear that this would be the ideal way to run the .org domain.
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Subject: you can count on me!
Posted by caiocesar at 06.29.02 @ 05.16 PM |
make shure it's public!
make shure it's for the community.
make shure it's organized!
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Subject: support for ims
Posted by brandy at 06.29.02 @ 04.06 PM |
i'm simply commenting to show my support for IMS. i fully believe .org is a public trust and should be handled as such.
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Subject: ICANN Do the Right Thing
Posted by Todd Pangburn at 06.29.02 @ 01.57 PM |
The corporate ownership of domain names is ludicrous. It's the equivalent of having to rent your Social Security Number. I don't want a profit seeking company owning my identity. Non-profit regulation is the only answer to the deplorable current state of domain name registry.
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Subject: I support Trusted.resource.org
Posted by Dave Bastian at 06.29.02 @ 01.29 PM |
ICANN, please restore our faith in the system by awarding the dot-org registry to the folks at Trusted.resource.org.
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Subject: let's change things
Posted by Dmytro Borovsky at 06.29.02 @ 01.22 PM |
Today starting a non-profit project requires paid domain registration. And it's some kind of non-sense, as it's like some kind of tax on charity. How could I be charged for doing something for people, not for profit?
Thanks for your reading.
Dmytro Borovsky.
Ukrainian Web enthusiast.
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Subject: Look, just do it okay?
Posted by Chris Walker at 06.29.02 @ 12.44 PM |
Do it. There's little more to say, only that if they don't, to quote a fellow Limey, "Tell THEM I'm coming!"
Thank you, and goodnight.
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Subject: For IMS/ISC as .org registry
Posted by FranÁois Nonnenmacher at 06.29.02 @ 12.19 PM |
Here is what commercial entities do when they are turned into Internet landlords:
http://www.afilias.info/register/landrush2/index_html
they turn it into a jungle where the only bottom line is their own profits. With the help of the ICANN, they do this by turning something that is technically unlimited into an artificially scarce resource. If this is not organized online robbery, what is it?
The .org domain is the only clear TLD reserved for non-profit organizations. It must be managed by a non-profit organization which will understand and seek common interests. I believe the IMS/ISC association can be trusted to handle the .org space and should be chosen by the ICANN to do so.
As a member of the Internet community for over 6 years and owner/author of a personal site for 4 years, I strongly endorse this proposal.
The Internet is a public resource held in stewardship for the public good, just as are the airwaves. Commercial stewardship of a public resource flies in the face of reason. A thoughtful consideration of the arguments yields one conclusion on this issue. Please do the right thing.
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Subject: Trust can be only based on trust--not the amount of money
Posted by Mindaugas Ciurinskas at 06.29.02 @ 11.35 AM |
The world doesn't fall apart because there's trust. So the web world. Let's not commercialize things that were not meant to. Give a way for IMS/ISC.
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Subject: PWR 2 PPL
Posted by j.b. at 06.29.02 @ 11.21 AM |
I fully support that IMS/ISC be granted control of .org registry.
I feel fortunate to bare witness to this clearly sensible proposal.
Non-commercial space is fast disappearing
(or rather, is being confiscated under the guise of responsible, secure institutional control.)
It is simply the right thing to do.
I support this proposal.
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Subject: In favor of IMS/ISC proposal
Posted by Phoenix at 06.29.02 @ 11.08 AM |
Harmonious intentions with talent and ability to grow the web is a beautiful thing. The IMS/ISC proposal to to become the .org TLD operator should be accepted by the powers that be.
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Subject: You have my support!
Posted by Phil Essing at 06.29.02 @ 11.07 AM |
The IMS and the ISC are the right choice to preserve the spirit of the .org concept.
-phil
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Subject: the only sensible idea
Posted by Shaun Salnave at 06.29.02 @ 10.39 AM |
As so many people here have already pointed out, the responsibility for the TLD designated for non-profit groups should be itself in the hands of one. The bid submitted by and the history of IMS and ISC indicates that they're not only competent but exactly right for the task.
Go on guys, I own several .org domains and would be more than glad to have them handled by you.
Go on.
--
Antonio
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Subject: I support IMS' application
Posted by Sten E. Moe at 06.29.02 @ 10.25 AM |
I support IMS' application to run the .org top level domain as a public trust.
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Subject: .org *belongs* to the community (or should!)
Posted by Dr. Thaddeus Ozone at 06.29.02 @ 10.23 AM |
Hmm, speaking as an independent content producer, this is one of the most logical, sensible proposals I've heard in years. Haven't we learned our lesson in these last couple of years of money hungry feeding frenzy that was the "dot.com explosion"? Some things on the internet belong in the commercial domain, this one, quite obviously, does not. I support the proposal from the Internet Multicasting Service and the Internet Software Consortium to control this top-level domain for the public good.
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Subject: Yes yes yes
Posted by David Zeibin at 06.29.02 @ 10.21 AM |
these dudes totally know what they're doing. i support them fully and know that they'd do a great job
pow!
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Subject: time for npo's to deal with an npo
Posted by louis at 06.29.02 @ 09.59 AM |
anyone who's dealt with a [commercial] registrar knows that the registrant often comes last. it's time to end these capitalist chirades and choose a registrar who honestly cares for those of us who manage nonprofit and not-for-profit sites.
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Subject: .org is a public trust
Posted by kaleem Ullah at 06.29.02 @ 09.36 AM |
Thatís the rigid truth that world is spinning around the riches, and the real model is left last. No money worshipper can create a magnum opus to nourish the audience eye, as the world is taking a leap from an industrial society to an information era, there is a need of genuine sharp brains to augment the grimy faces of those cash keepers and information lockers, a need of enormous alliance to let .orgís break in the audienceís court to their heads and adapt their intellect. I am being a web designer eager to broaden the motto .org is a public trust, so take a fresh grip on your mindís eye and let the good oneís pass through. =)
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Subject: Keep it public
Posted by Graham Lampa at 06.29.02 @ 09.00 AM |
I recently got a .org address for my own personal site because I do not plan to use it for commercial purposes and wanted a domain that would not be tossed around and shuffled around like all the others. Make the .org domain a public trust and put it in the good hands of people who know what they are doing, both technically and professionally. I trust my fellow web designers, content producers, and colleagues. I do not trust faceless corporations who just want to turn a buck on non-profit orgs.
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Subject: 100% support
Posted by PJ Thum at 06.29.02 @ 07.57 AM |
How much longer must such an important resource be controlled by people who have demonstrated that their only consideration is their own lust for money? Sound principles, and not profit, should be the TLD administrator's concerns. I fully support this proposal.
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Subject: support
Posted by Jason at 06.29.02 @ 07.00 AM |
dot org is non-commercial in nature... it's very basis non-profit and of the people. please say yes to sensibility!
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Subject: yes and more
Posted by Timo at 06.29.02 @ 06.05 AM |
Absolutely, good luck.
Not only should the .org domain be in trustworthy hands, but lets try and get the other TLDs more publicly accountable...
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Subject: Support for IMS/ISC proposal
Posted by Per ÿyvind Moen at 06.29.02 @ 05.16 AM |
I would just like to add my support for this excellent proposal.
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Subject: The best choice
Posted by g. stanley at 06.29.02 @ 03.10 AM |
Even if commercial registries had not shown themselves to be at times less-than-responsible on important issues like customer service, having a non-profit run the dot org registry would clearly be the best, most logical choice.
I strongly support the IMS proposal.
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Subject: I've got my dot!
Posted by Mr. Farlops at 06.28.02 @ 09.34 PM |
I may have to move it around a bit on my root page but its there (http://www.farlops.com/journal/00000171.html). ICANN has ignored the public's voice in TLD administration for too long. It's time to start taking things back!
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Subject: Full Support
Posted by Kitty Mead at 06.28.02 @ 07.50 PM |
Good Luck with the fight! You have my full support!
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Subject: make it loud and clear!
Posted by Mathias Eichler at 06.28.02 @ 05.50 PM |
right on, you've got my support!
to keep the web for normal people we need to fight for it!!!
mathias
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Subject: We strongly support this bid
Posted by Brett Glass at 06.28.02 @ 04.28 PM |
LARIAT, which in 1994 established the world's first wireless community network, strongly supports the IMS bid for stewardship of the .org TLD.
Past attempts to give stewardship of such TLDs to opportunistic for-profit corporations -- such as the delegation of geographical domains ending in .us to Neustar -- have proven to be unmitigated disasters. (Did you know that delegated .us managers, who manage geographic .us domains as a public service to their communities, cannot fill out a Web form or even send an e-mail to change a server name or address? Believe it or not, Neustar requires them to send a FAX and then wait several days for the records to be updated.)
Invariably, despite any claims of good intentions made prior to the delegations, all of the for-profit corporations who have entered the domain name registration gold rush have been after one thing: money. No non-profit should have to be at the mercy of a large corporate entity which would like nothing better than to profiteer. IMS is the only reasonable choice for .org.
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Subject: Amen
Posted by Sledgewig at 06.28.02 @ 03.51 PM |
Amen, brothers & sisters.
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Subject: This is a brilliant idea...
Posted by Michael Barrish at 06.28.02 @ 03.30 PM |
...which unfortunately means it probably won't happen. But if it did happen, the online world would be a better place.
Here's hoping!
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Subject: .org should be non profit
Posted by Baud at 06.28.02 @ 03.04 PM |
It makes perfectly sense
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Subject: Little to add, but my support
Posted by Stephen Voss at 06.28.02 @ 01.35 PM |
.Org is an important TLD, sometimes reflecting the not for profit spirit of the web. It should be in good hands.
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Subject: Logic over business
Posted by Geoff Elliott at 06.28.02 @ 01.29 PM |
A non-profit organization as .org TLD operator makes sense to me. As it nicely states above, ".org is a public trust" and we don't need another incompetent commercial registrar.
-GE
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Subject: support
Posted by Joseph Alford at 06.28.02 @ 01.25 PM |
I fully support ICANN in it's attempt to free .orgs from the incompetence of these commercial registrars.
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Subject: When I begin to register domains
Posted by Justin Skolnick at 06.28.02 @ 12.39 PM |
I'd like this to be in place.
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Subject: It just makes sense
Posted by Aleks Wukovich at 06.28.02 @ 12.32 PM |
The .org TLD is meant for non-profit bodies, and the IMS/ISC would run it as a non-profit service. It's so logical and just makes so much sense, and I hope whoever chooses the winning bid can see that.
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Subject: As it should be
Posted by michael paige at 06.28.02 @ 11.51 AM |
I'm in full support of the IMS/ISC proposal.
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Subject: Support from potential customer
Posted by Dougal Campbell at 06.28.02 @ 11.22 AM |
As the owner of a couple of .org domain names, myself, I would wholeheartedly welcome IMS/ISC as the administrators of this TLD.
Clearly the right way to go.
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Subject: Go non-profit
Posted by Damon at 06.28.02 @ 11.21 AM |
Give the non profit a chance!
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Subject: Without question...
Posted by W. Gene Powell at 06.28.02 @ 11.08 AM |
the most qualified to remove big business from this equation.
Everything's already been said, so I'm pretty much post to agree with the matter. Go for it !
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Subject: You have my support.
Posted by Jeff Carr at 06.28.02 @ 10.34 AM |
Best of luck to you.
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Subject: Endorsement of IMS/ISC managing the .org
Posted by Mike Conwell at 06.28.02 @ 10.15 AM |
While I am new to this debate, I have had to endure two years of registrar's who don't seem driven by goals like customer satisfaction, just corporate profits.
Having IMS manage the suffix sounds great.
This proposal makes sense: it puts the management of a public entity (the TLD) where it belongs.
In fact, it makes me wonder why the other TLDs can't be managed this way.
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Subject: IMS/IMC Will help the domain community
Posted by Ethan Schlenker at 06.28.02 @ 09.55 AM |
This is one of the best proposals/ideas I have heard of in years. The proposal brilliantly combines the grassroots intention of the .org tld, with the open source philosophy of design. Please, let the .org management go to IMS/IMC - because they actually care about this issue, and are not in it to make a quick buck, the service they provide will help bolster belif and trust in the internet community.
Thank you for your time.
Sincerely,
Ethan Schlenker
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Subject: For the record, I support this proposal
Posted by Gee at 06.28.02 @ 09.39 AM |
I hereby freely and unambiguously endorse IMS's proposal to be the guardians of the .org domain.
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Subject: IMS/ISC proposal
Posted by Alex Morales at 06.28.02 @ 09.17 AM |
I fully support treating the .ORG tld as a public trust and I think that IMS/ISC give us the best chance of fulfilling this goal. Hopefully ICANN can move past the biases they have shown in the past and award IMS/ISC the right to perform this very important, and very necessary job.
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Subject: I Support the IMS Proposal
Posted by David Perini at 06.28.02 @ 08.51 AM |
As one of many users of the '.org' domain, I firmly support IMS's bid.
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Subject: The way it should be.
Posted by Xian at 06.28.02 @ 08.29 AM |
This only makes sense. What i doen't understand is why the registrar game became a commercial/competitive market in the first play. Those are people's identities they are playing with. Not exactly the thing you'd want to go to the the highest bidder.
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Subject: Time to take the first step
Posted by Eric Peacock at 06.28.02 @ 08.28 AM |
Too many have been burned to justify .orgs being controlled by huge companies that make frequent mistakes they aren't willing to correct or handle in a professional manner.
I fully support .org becoming relegated by IMS/ISC. No doubt about it.
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Subject: An organization to Organize the .org?
Posted by David Ellenwood at 06.28.02 @ 08.25 AM |
This is something that has not only been needed since the beginning of the web; it should also be implimented in all of the top-level domains.
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Subject: Do it now.
Posted by Paul Keefe at 06.28.02 @ 08.17 AM |
I'm fully behind IMS' bid to run the .org TLD as a public trust. Go get 'em.
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Subject: Common sense is needed; support IMS/ISC.
Posted by Tim Murtaugh at 06.28.02 @ 08.16 AM |
The actions of Network Solutions and Versign, both recent and historic, should at the very least compel ICANN to be careful in its selection process. If NetSol/Verisign controlled the .org TLD, the World Wildlife Fund would have lost its .org to the World Wrestling Federation.
We've been lucky so far -- make the right desicion ICANN.
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Subject: Just like to add my support
Posted by William Inyang at 06.28.02 @ 08.03 AM |
It's obvious that large commercial corporations given monopoly control have no concept of service and judging from the mistakes they've made in the past, they don't seem to care. I support the idea of entrusting this service to an informed and technically superior non-profit.
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Subject: I think its great
Posted by Josh Williams at 06.28.02 @ 07.53 AM |
The .ORG address should be managed by a competent operator who knows the ins and outs of being a .ORG themselves. There is no room for top-level domains to be bungled, screwed with, and messed up by people who have nothing more in their minds than their pocket books. I fully support a Public Trust of the .ORG registry.
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Subject: In support of IMS/ISC
Posted by Jon Wiley at 06.28.02 @ 07.37 AM |
I fully recommend and support that IMS/ISC be granted administrative control of the .org TLD.
That IMS/ISC, as a competent non-profit in its own right, should not be given this responsibility is an argument that cannot stand reasoned analysis.
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Subject: Support for IMS/ISC bid
Posted by Triptronix at 06.28.02 @ 07.34 AM |
Since the Internet is ideally about the decentralization of information, so likewise should the points of control be spread out. What a good idea, to have separate managers for the most common TLDs! Operating the dot-org registry as a public service is one of the most solid proposals to hit in a long time.
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Subject: the power of the people!
Posted by .c at 06.28.02 @ 04.28 AM |
you have my wholehearted support and hopefully the online community at large, will take a massive stand to uphold your initiative. Snitch the news from zeldman and reposted on netdiver - hopefully it contributes to generate attention to this urgent matter.
let's see the power of the people put at the service of the people... for a change!
.c
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Subject: where can one contribute
Posted by bryan at 06.28.02 @ 01.13 AM |
comment as per the subject line, I think it's a good idea to have .org run by an actual org, just like everyone else on this list right.
But I think money talks higher than a post, is there a fund to contribute to.
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Subject: LET MY PEOPLE ORGANISE !
Posted by Dual Dude at 06.27.02 @ 11.59 PM |
I am down with the efforts to keep the .org TLD a place where you could imagine your local community, ye global interest-group and non-profit bad-dog-watcher ORGanisations fit in. Not another "Sorry we need this (e)-terrain to build a big complex!"...
Ease-up and Chill-out !!
D.D.
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Subject: .org == non-profit
Posted by Luke Melia at 06.27.02 @ 08.21 PM |
I like the idea of a non-profit handling the registry for .org. Let's make it happen.
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Subject: You've got our support.
Posted by Eric Rolph at 06.27.02 @ 08.04 PM |
.org should be for non-profit organizations.
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Subject: .org belongs to orgs...makes sense doesn't it?
Posted by James B at 06.27.02 @ 07.48 PM |
The way it should be.
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Subject: I support
Posted by Tyler Rick at 06.27.02 @ 07.25 PM |
I'd much rather have .org in the hands of volunteers than any for-profit company.
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Subject: IMS/ISC is the best group for the job
Posted by Ralph Brandi at 06.27.02 @ 07.19 PM |
Carl Malamud has a long history of doing excellent work for the public good on the net, whether making public filings by corporations available to all or simply running the first site on the web for Santa Claus. His altruism vis-a-vis the web is unquestionable. There's no question that the people associated with this bid have the technical chops to pull it off. I believe that placing the .org TLD in the hands of IMS/ISC is the best possible move ICANN could make.
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Subject: Support for Trusted Resource ICANN registry bid.
Posted by John Hornstein at 06.27.02 @ 03.06 PM |
I fully support the Trusted Resource bid, to be the .org TLD operator, and I urge ICANN to approve their bid. As the president of a Not-for-Profit Organization and a web designer for www.thenorthview.org, I feel that it is essential, for the sake of all .org initiatives, that this service be in the hands of a web competent and experienced .org organization which will truly understand the special requirements of the .org designation on the web. Clearly, Trusted Resources qualifies as this organization.
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Subject: This is a good thing
Posted by Joe Chellman at 06.27.02 @ 02.01 PM |
I would love to see this proposal succeed. I hope the ICANN will see fit to do it.
No TLD should be entrusted to a for-profit corporation. For others it may be too late, but here's the chance to get it right at least once.
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Subject: Give it up
Posted by paul at 06.27.02 @ 12.52 PM |
Give it up and give it over to conscientiousness
instead of greed.
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Subject: I strongly endorse the ims/isc bid to run the .org tld
Posted by Tavis Rudd at 06.27.02 @ 12.27 PM |
I agree with all that's been said thus far and don't have anything new to add except my support.
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Subject: Go guys.
Posted by Spike Spencer at 06.27.02 @ 11.21 AM |
Keep it up; its for the good of the web.
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Subject: It's about time
Posted by Nick Finck at 06.27.02 @ 10.54 AM |
It's about time that a non-corporate non-profit be placed in charge of the ever abused .org TLDs. It's about time that ICANN started listening to the general public concern of corrupt registrars and bad business practices. I can think of no better group to control .org than a non-profit org of like-minded people itself.
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Subject: here here
Posted by jake harvey at 06.27.02 @ 10.23 AM |
I agree that this should be done by an organizations such as this. Good luck!
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Subject: I say, run all TLDs this way
Posted by David Menendez at 06.27.02 @ 09.41 AM |
I'm fully in support of the IMS/ISC proposal. Trying to make a profit by registering names will inevitably lead to stupidity or worse.
Imagine if registering personal names were run by a for-profit corporation.
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Subject: by the people, for the people
Posted by from above at 06.27.02 @ 09.24 AM |
While I'm not clear on how this affects the ability of, say a weblog publisher to own a .org domain, it certainly sounds a lot better than the proposal that only 501(c) 3 organizations be allowed to use this TLD.
The idea of it being a public trust is a great one. I sincerely hope it succeeds. Anything is better than the current mismanagement by greedy, inept idiots...and I agree with others' comments that IMS/ISC are the best people for the job.
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Subject: set the .org's free...
Posted by bret sterling at 06.27.02 @ 08.56 AM |
fly away from the large corporate monopoly fly away! be free and burdened no more.
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Subject: You have my support
Posted by sean at 06.27.02 @ 08.43 AM |
The .org registry should be a public trust run for non-profit. A properly devoted non-profit will provide the kind of services that a corporation just would not be willing to do. Running the .org registry from the perspective of potential profit would be something equivalent to wearing beer goggles.
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Subject: Excellent idea!
Posted by sooz at 06.27.02 @ 08.31 AM |
An excellent idea where common sense and responsibility rule supreme.
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Subject: support for IMS
Posted by Gordon Hope at 06.27.02 @ 08.31 AM |
I support IMS' application to run the .org tld as a public trust.
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Subject: IMS and ISC have my firm support.
Posted by BChristiansen at 06.27.02 @ 08.24 AM |
I fully support IMS/ISC's bid to become the .org TLD operator. Frankly, having any for-profit entity govern a space for non-profits, charities and other non-corporate entities is a scary proposal. We've seen how poorly other applicants have handled themselves in other similar situations, and they've proven their incompetance. Now it's time to let true Internet pioneers set the example.
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Subject: .org registry service
Posted by susan bein at 06.27.02 @ 07.56 AM |
IMS/ISC? The perfect people for the job!
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Subject: You have my vote
Posted by Colin Brown at 06.27.02 @ 05.57 AM |
As web master for a non profit organisation I'd love to see .org run by IMS/ISC.
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Subject: Best choice
Posted by Chris van Hasselt at 06.27.02 @ 05.43 AM |
ICANN needs to do the right thing and support the .org tld operated in a by a non-profit that understands the needs and desires of non-profits.
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Subject: Just registering support
Posted by David Thompson at 06.27.02 @ 01.58 AM |
It should go to a non-profit organisation - a commercial one, whose primary aim is to make money, wouldn't be in the interests of .org domain holders.
How could you be in favour of making commercial profit from charity?
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Subject: i'm with yas.
Posted by dabitch at 06.27.02 @ 12.56 AM |
best. proposal. yet.
;-)
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Subject: sounds like a great idea
Posted by Rob Smith at 06.27.02 @ 12.43 AM |
i just wanted to show support for this great idea
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Subject: I can't wait
Posted by Paul Schreiber at 06.26.02 @ 11.40 PM |
As someone who has managed dozens of domains with a handfull of registrars, I look forward to seeing IMS/ISC manage the .org namespace.
It's important that someone who truly understands what the Internet is about be allowed to run the system.
More comments at Metafilter...
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Subject: Put like with like
Posted by Donimo at 06.26.02 @ 11.09 PM |
The .org TLD belongs to the non-profit world community. Ideally the registry would be managed by a non-profit group with proven experience achieving worthy ideals by working smart.
There is no better canidate than the IMS / ISC team.
And what Daniel said . . .
You guys rock and we support you, hands ON!
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Subject: .org-anise it. 
Posted by waferbaby at 06.26.02 @ 10.42 PM |
put the power back in the right hands, and let the inept fuckers move to the side and become so much rotting landfill.
Any endorsement by Mark Howells and Jeffrey Zeldman is good enough for me.
As a producer of independent web content, I wish to add my voice to this cause. It is clearly the correct choice.
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Subject: Here here!
Posted by Jay Goldman at 06.26.02 @ 08.55 PM |
The .org domain should be the responsibility of the general public and I wholly endorse IMS's proposal to be the guardians.
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Subject: Safe keeping a public trust...
Posted by webb boy at 06.26.02 @ 08.34 PM |
Where would the world be without volunteers? It would behoove everyone for .org to remain as free and open as possible.
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Subject: make .org true
Posted by Ana Guardia at 06.26.02 @ 07.49 PM |
in order to have domain names mean anything
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Subject: dot org must remain free of dot com
Posted by heretic at 06.26.02 @ 05.56 PM |
the only appropriate people to manage dot-org are people who are doing it non-profit. otherwise the entire concept is at the mercy of the profit-driven world from which dot-org tries to remain independent.
you have my full support, for what it's worth! :)
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Subject: About time!
Posted by Stv. at 06.26.02 @ 04.43 PM |
I've long thought it time to hand back .org to the non-profit world. It's been shown time and time again that the for-profits dont' have the public's best interest at heart, so why not let a public trust maintain the domain that is for n-p's (and other similar groups) be run by a public trust?
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Subject: Another vote of support
Posted by Meryl at 06.26.02 @ 04.29 PM |
I agree with all that's been said thus far and don't have anything new to add except my support.
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Subject: A very important choice
Posted by Lachlan Cannon at 06.26.02 @ 04.16 PM |
It's very important to choose the right people to run the .org TLD. A non-profit is the best logical choice to run a domain name so closely tied to the independant community, and in fact is the best logical choice to run a TLD at all. A non-profit is devoted to making the service the best possible, since that is what they exist for, rather than for the purpose of making a profit. A non-profit running the service will give an attention to service which would be missed by a corporation which ran the TLD purely for profit.
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Subject: An important responsibility
Posted by Anil at 06.26.02 @ 04.11 PM |
...and you're the right people for the job. Good luck.
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Subject: I just want to show my support.
Posted by Mathias Ernst at 06.26.02 @ 03.32 PM |
But I don't know what to write.
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Subject: Just Say Yes
Posted by Mark Howells at 06.26.02 @ 02.26 PM |
Entrusting control of a public service to a profit-making organization can never be truly successful, a fact that is evident from so many filaed attempts around the world both on- and offline. The formation of an indepentent, non-profit organization to help run a registry is a superlative idea, not least when the leading members of such an organization are so experienced in the day-to-day life of the community which the registry supports.
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Subject: Best idea in years
Posted by Zeldman at 06.26.02 @ 02.08 PM |
We've all seen what happens when registries are entrusted to ham-handed monopolies with no concept of service and no goal beyond their own enrichment.
The notion of a non-profit running this registry as a public trust is so logical, it makes you question why all registries aren't run this way.
Malamud and his associates are competent, knowledgeable, and have a long history of doing good on the Internet. The same cannot be said of any organization currently running a web registry.
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Subject: no question in my mind
Posted by Aaron Swartz at 06.25.02 @ 11.36 AM |
With Carl Malamud's lengthy experience in building reusable software for the public, there is no question in my mind that he should be entrusted with the .org domain registry. With the tyranny of the Verisign monopoly over domain names causing numerous problems, it is time to start fresh. This proposal is the best way to do that.
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Subject: "most technically competent"
Posted by PeterBarron [via bot] at 06.19.02 @ 10.31 AM |
There is absolutely no question in my mind that, among the applicants, the ISC/IMS bid is the most technically competent and offers the best chance of an open, transparent, and fairly-run registry. It is too bad that they have no chance to win based upon ICANN's clear bias for existing applicants.
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Subject: support for ims to run .org tld
Posted by tom williams at 06.18.02 @ 05.51 PM |
we support ims' application to run the .org tld as a public trust
someone with knowledge, and a long term record of supporting the openness of the Internet should operate the org tld as a public trust
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Subject: Endorsement for IMS/ISC proposal
Posted by Peter Mott at 06.17.02 @ 05.41 PM |
As the technical operators of .pn [Pitcairn Islands] and .aq [Antartica] top level domains 2DAY.COM fully endorses the IMS/ISC proposal for the .org registry.
ISC in particular brings a depth of experience and commitment to public service unmatched by any other possible applicant.
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