We think .org is a public service. We're all happy cogs in the ISOC family, so we wish them the best, but maybe there's a better way ...
IMS has spent the last month working round-the-clock with our partners at the Internet Software Consortium to prepare a bid for the .org registry. We view this as a strictly public, non-profit play: all our registry and registrar software will be freely-available in source and binary, we'll provide substantial enhancements to the public infrastructure such as a secure DNS, and we'll provision this as a rock-solid service that builds on our already established public infrastructure.
We also view any "surplus" funds in .org as a market aberration: they should be plowed back into public infrastructure or returned to the public in the form of price cuts. This is a public trust, not a public trough.
One of the best examples we can think of when it comes to public infrastructure is the legislative body of the Internet, the IETF (and, of course, let us not forget the avuncular IAB). Accordingly, we served a Certified Notice of Intent to Donate on ISOC on Friday pledging 8% of our gross revenue stream should we win the .org bid to fund the workings of the IETF and the IAB. So, even if things don't work out with their new commercial partner, ISOC still wins.
As to affirmations of support for one bid over another, we think that's premature. Once the bids are all in and publicly posted, people will have the facts and can make a well-informed choice on which solution best serves the future of .org. Bids are due on June 18 and we'll post ours shortly thereafter. At that time we would welcome your feedback and (should we deserve it) support.
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