Scott Bradner writes:
http://www.icann.org/correspondence/twomey-to-lewis-03oct03.htm
* bmanning@karoshi.com (bmanning@karoshi.com) [Fri 03 Oct 2003, 16:47 CEST]:
This is a return volly. The service in this match was three weeks ago.
So the question is now, who has who by the jugulars in this threesome between ICANN, VeriSign and the Internet technical community? Or worded even more clearly, who controls/owns who - VeriSign ICANN and the Internet, or we ICANN and therefore VeriSign enough to not matter?
-- Niels.
as I understand it: the "internet technical community" has no part in this matter. (*) there are a series of interlocking MOUs/CRADAs/Contracts between ICANN/USDOC/Verisign that cover a range of topics, some of which include the on-going care/feeding of .com and .net. (*) we get to watch this match from the sidelines. (*) as a community (technical and otherwise) we do get to "vote" with our editors or in conjuntion w/ our vendors. with enough disgust/distaste it is possible either lie to ones self and ones customers/clients about what has been done (aka the BIND patch), to abandon .com/.net (easier said than done), let mob-rule anoint others to be the authoritative source for .com/.net. -or- accept the changes and get on w/ life. pick one of the four. --bill