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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: There should be an alternative
Posted by Carl Free at 09.13.02 @ 02.46 PM |
If all the top level domains are managed by the same group or same type of groups, how would we know the difference between good and bad management?
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Subject: It's about time!
Posted by Martijn Vos at 09.13.02 @ 09.46 AM |
I've always wondered why the TLD name distribution was in the hands of commercial organisation. This is a public service, not some enterprise opportunity, and as such, it should be handled by a non-profit organisation, preferably with strong ties to the internet community.
(I mean, look at the Network Solutions fiasco. And if it has to be commercially exploited, then it should be done by the people who made the whole system, and not by some newcomer with money.)
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Subject: Who could be better
Posted by Jon Tollerton at 09.13.02 @ 05.23 AM |
Who could be better at understanding the needs of non-profits than a non-profit? Who could be better at understanding the complexity and scale issues to set up root domain servers than the people who produce the software that most of the internet runs on? It boggles my mind that this is something that was even questioned. Why should a non-profit's fees ultimately end up in the hands of a for-profit entitity.
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Subject: support the .org
Posted by mastermind at 09.12.02 @ 01.44 PM |
Its big biz as usual, step off give back live happy. stop spamming the innocent oh ya piece to all brothers and sisters. well except for you.. ya you the one in the corner sitting there giving me the nasty look.
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Subject: Org for ORG
Posted by Eric Towers at 09.12.02 @ 09.53 AM |
It would seem most appropriate that the registrar for the ORG TLD be a candidate for inclusion in the ORG domain. How else could the registrar be able to correctly represent the issues peculiar to the type of client for which the domain is specified. Clearly, then by RFC-920, the registrar of the ORG TLD cannot be:
government,
education,
commercial,
or minitary.
This interpretation is strengthened by RFC-1032, in which it is stated "'ORG' exists as a parent to subdomains that do not clearly fall within the other top-level domains."
RFC-1591 continues in a similar way, "[ORG is the] TLD for organizations that didn't fit anywhere else".
Consequently, it is ridiculous to consider registrars for the ORG TLD that are government, education, commercial, or militart entities. Reviewing the list of registrar candidates, there is essentially only one applicant fitting this constraint. Therefore, ISC/IMS is the only candidate suitable for registration of the ORG TLD.
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Subject: Support
Posted by Ian Rolfe at 09.12.02 @ 02.56 AM |
All DNS should be run by non-profit organistaions or a global organisation with representatives from each country
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Subject: Support for IMS/ISC bid
Posted by Steven Bakker at 09.12.02 @ 01.32 AM |
I fully support the IMS/ISC bid for becoming the .org TLD operator. One reason is that I think a domain (originally meant) for non-profit organizations should be run by a non-profit organization. Another reason is that I think IMS/ISC are clueful and skilled, despite what the ICANN preliminary evaluation says.
Good luck, folks!
- Steven
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Subject: .org is a public trust
Posted by Karie at 09.12.02 @ 12.56 AM |
You have my support on this bid.
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Subject: Support from .co.nz (New Zealand)
Posted by Andrew Dixon at 09.11.02 @ 06.27 PM |
to may people internet addresses not ending in .com are a mystery.
To those of us who 'live' elsewhere non-com TLD's are important.
To have the control of .org (a non-profit designation) pass to a profit driven company is unacceptable.
The Internet Multicasting Service and the Internet Software Consortium are my logical support for administering the .org TLD.
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Subject: Go for it IMS!
Posted by George Erhard at 09.10.02 @ 08.42 AM |
You guys pioneered the DNS system, and put a lot of work into the infrastructure so far. So it'd be abysmally stupid to appoint anyone else to run the .org TLD... that's notwihstanding your proven ability to operate a not-for-profit. You also seem to have the public interest at heart, which is take ALL monies collected and push them into making the TLD operate better, more smoothly, less downtime, etc. By making the .org TLD as not-for-profit friendly as you can, you'll encourage groups to utilize it, rather than get scalped by some fly-by-night registrar and forsake web presence thereafter.
The other guys seem to be all about putting ca$h into their pockets and passing the loose change to whatever charity happens to be holding the cup out at the moment... probably only as a tax write-off as well. We don't want THEM running anything that has to do with non-commercial domainspace, because that's all they are -- commercial.
So I hope you all get the bid.
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Subject: Full Support for IMS/IMC Bid
Posted by Alik Widge at 09.09.02 @ 07.53 AM |
As an At Large member of ICANN and a web developer for a number of non-profit organizations in the education and healthcare fields, I fully support the IMS/IMC bid for .org registrar. Their team is composed of Internet veterans with clear experience in maintaining such large databases and extensive familiarity with the DNS infrastructure. Moreover, they are absolutely correct that oversight of this non-profit resource is best done by an entirely non-profit entity in order to ensure openness and avoid any conflicts of interest.
Alik Widge
School of Computer Science
Carnegie Mellon University
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Subject: Support the IMS/ISC proposal.
Posted by Dave Taillefer at 09.08.02 @ 11.07 PM |
It is our opinion that the IMS/ISC proposal is a genuine and sincere WILL to improve the Internet community. You have our full support.
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