Re: [ga] Option A -- "Divestiture'

["Roberto Gaetano" <ga_chair@hotmail.com>]

Dave,

>
>Perhaps the irony of your note escaped you, but you offer only your summary
>opinion and no facts at all to substantiate them.

I will join David in providing another opinion unsubstantiated by facts (or 
at least questionable): it seems to me that the FAQ is biased.
A lot of effort is put in making clear that the advantages that people might 
think of having with option A are not granted, while the reverse is not 
true. But maybe we will have a comprehensive report of the pitfalls of 
option B only a couple of years down the road... ;>)

Anyway, just pick the last sentence, I found it great:
"Finally, it should be noted that the existing agreement places no 
limitations on VeriSign's ability to act as a registrar in other top-level 
domains while it operates the registry for .com, .net, and .org."
Psychologically, people will react by saying: "Oh, but then that's not a 
great deal. Maybe option B is better!".
But if you think over it for a minute, is there anything in option B that 
places "limitations on VeriSign's ability to act as a registrar in other 
top-level domains while it operates the registry" (*and* the registrar, BTW) 
for .com? The whole point we are arguing about is to operate registrar and 
registry *for the same TLD*.


>
>Whatever your extensive experience with proper staff functions, the
>analysis provided by ICANN staff is actually quite professional.  It labels
>opinions as opinions.  It analyses contract language and describes specific
>obligations and lack of obligations, in terms of common expectation about
>Verisign.

Agreed, it is professional.
Biased, but professional.


>
>Staff are not expected to be machines; professional analysis had better
>include professional opinions.

Regards
Roberto



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