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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
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.
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