RE: Who owns the Root Name Servers

To: "'Carl Malamud [IMS]'" <carl at also.media.org>
Subject: RE: Who owns the Root Name Servers
From: Jim Fleming <JimFleming at doorstep.unety.net>
Date: Sat, 21 Mar 1998 10:33:32 -0600
Cc: "dwm at xpasc.com" <dwm at xpasc.com>, "Harald.Alvestrand at maxware.no" <Harald.Alvestrand at maxware.no>, "ietf at ns.ietf.org" <ietf at ns.ietf.org>, "jdd at VBC.NET" <jdd at VBC.NET>, "karl at mcs.net" <karl at mcs.net>
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On Saturday, March 21, 1998 5:04 AM, Carl Malamud [IMS][SMTP:carl at also.media.org] wrote:
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@
@Carl Malamud, Chairman
@The Internet Software Consortium
@"Providing free software to the Internet: 
@your satisfaction guaranteed or your money back in full."
@http://www.isc.org/
@ 
@If You're Not Happy, We'll 
@

Another common theme (mostly from academics) seems to be that
people should not profit from domain names. Part of the problem is
that people seem to define profit any way they like.

For example, correct me if I am wrong, but didn't you "fund" the ISC
by grabbing some names like TV.COM and RADIO.COM early in the
game and then selling them for $30,000 each ?

Why is it that people can broker names and then pay software developers
but others can not broker names and then pay their employees ?
What is the difference ?

-
Jim Fleming
Unir Corporation
IBC, Tortola, BVI

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