Re: Tired of Waiting

["Christopher Ambler" <cambler at iodesign.com>]

>Well, IOD didn't try to get the contract up for grabs. I don't know when
the
>contract goes "up for grabs" again, but at that time, IOD could easily try
>to get the contract. Of course, they'd have to understand that they don't
>*own* ".web" and could be outbidded next time around.

This makes the assumption that the CORE "contract" was the right way
to go. Not only is that untrue, but it would have also required IOD to
renounce any claim to .WEB, which was plainly not possible. You're
making it sound like IOD has to get the "contract" to be a registry.
It doesn't.

>If that's all that has to be done by the registrar, then why is Chris
>gouging (sp?) people for $35? Why is he getting a markup profit of $25 over
>his $10 cost for doing NOTHING? Anyone will tell you that a level of profit
>like that is something that will get looked at very closely if there's a
>monopoly situation (as Chris would like).


You're making assumptions about pricing that aren't true. I have no
problem with strict examination of pricing, when the time comes. Knowing
quite a bit about how Emergent and CORE's system is put together,
and the pricing involved (from many members of CORE as well as a
couple POC members), I'm more than eager to see them put under
the same scrutiny.

But again, you're making the assumption that CORE is the only
registry, and that by not playing along, there is something inherently
bad going on. That's just not the case.

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