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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: 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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