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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 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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