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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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.org was meant for non-profits; it should be administered by a non-profit. I strongly support their bid to become the .org TLD operator.
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Subject: Vote of support
Posted by S¯ren Madsen at 06.30.02 @ 12.50 AM |
The basic architecture of the internet is based on openess and "intelligent ends". Everything in between is just routers, hubs, and a lot of cabling. This architecture has resulted in the emergent phenomenon of creativity we know as the World Wide Web
Many threats exists to this architecture, ie. the ongoing attempts to regulate copyrights etc. via intelligent hubs - the architecture is changed, and the openess endangered.
So therefore IMS/ISC gets my vote - keeping the internet open, based on the wishes of the community.
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Subject: Support? Definitely!
Posted by Jason Ruel at 06.29.02 @ 09.48 PM |
I definitely support this idea. Such a thing should have been known as common knowledge since .org came to be, along with .com and .net, and the pletora [sp?] of other dot's that came to be since.
Not supporting such a thing would be like not supporting laws against murder. Because, let's face it, the corporate registries have already done the equivalent of murder in the past.
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Subject: An ORG to run .org.
Posted by Karl-Peter Gottschalk at 06.29.02 @ 08.38 PM |
IMS/ISC must be appointed to run the .org namespace. An .org is the organization best qualified to run .org.
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Subject: vote of support
Posted by Peter Walton Hopkins at 06.29.02 @ 08.30 PM |
I'm completely behind you guys on this issue. The org TLD especially should be kept out of the hands of businesses who would try to abuse and exploit it, then manage it incompetently as is the case now. I applaud trusted.resource.org for realizing that this top level domain should not be seen as a source of profit but as a public resource, and I trust them to manage it reasonably, efficiently, and fairly.
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Subject: 2 thumbs up from me
Posted by Kevin Deighton at 06.29.02 @ 06.32 PM |
It makes perfect sense that the .org TLD should be operated as a public trust, and frankly I'm surprised nobody thought of it before. Considering the poor service of late from profit-making registrars in comparison to your own impressive record, and taking into account your history of support for the non-profit web, it seems IMS would be an ideal choice.
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Subject: Endorsement
Posted by Jeremy Keith at 06.29.02 @ 06.07 PM |
Having read the proposal at http://trusted.resource.org/ I would like to add my full support and endorsement.
Every eventuality has been considered and covered in the proposal and it is clear that this would be the ideal way to run the .org domain.
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Subject: you can count on me!
Posted by caiocesar at 06.29.02 @ 05.16 PM |
make shure it's public!
make shure it's for the community.
make shure it's organized!
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Subject: support for ims
Posted by brandy at 06.29.02 @ 04.06 PM |
i'm simply commenting to show my support for IMS. i fully believe .org is a public trust and should be handled as such.
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Subject: ICANN Do the Right Thing
Posted by Todd Pangburn at 06.29.02 @ 01.57 PM |
The corporate ownership of domain names is ludicrous. It's the equivalent of having to rent your Social Security Number. I don't want a profit seeking company owning my identity. Non-profit regulation is the only answer to the deplorable current state of domain name registry.
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Subject: I support Trusted.resource.org
Posted by Dave Bastian at 06.29.02 @ 01.29 PM |
ICANN, please restore our faith in the system by awarding the dot-org registry to the folks at Trusted.resource.org.
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Subject: let's change things
Posted by Dmytro Borovsky at 06.29.02 @ 01.22 PM |
Today starting a non-profit project requires paid domain registration. And it's some kind of non-sense, as it's like some kind of tax on charity. How could I be charged for doing something for people, not for profit?
Thanks for your reading.
Dmytro Borovsky.
Ukrainian Web enthusiast.
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