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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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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.
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