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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: 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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