On Tue, 6 Mar 2001, Brian Wallingford wrote:
On Tue, 6 Mar 2001, Patrick Greenwell wrote:
: :On Mon, 5 Mar 2001, Paul A Vixie wrote: : :> :> [ this came from http://www.new.net/about_us_press.tp and appears not to be :> a joke. its operational impact will not be felt today, but if it's even :> moderately popular before it dies, operational impact WILL be felt. i'm :> quite surprised by some of the folks they list as their partners. --vix ] : :Too bad ICANN has been such a complete and utter failure that an :organization felt it necessary to start such a business, huh?
Sounds like this was driven more by carelessness and greed than by necessity.
While I agree that the implementation leaves something to be desired, this appears to be driven by pent-up market demand. Apparently this equates to greed in your book. *shrug*