[ga] WLS
George Kirikos wrote: "The official position of the DNSO Registrars community, and the position of many other market participants suggest that WLS will have a devastating impact by creating a new monopoly service for Verisign, to the detriment of consumers and registrars." I have been following the discussions on this subject, and must confess that I still am confused about exactly what this (and the many other similar statements that have appeared from others) really mean. Could someone explain to me precisely how the WLS would harm consumers and/or registrars? I understand, I think, the point that this would be a new service that provides revenue for VeriSign (assuming, of course, that someone actually buys it), and I understand that having more revenue will give VeriSign more resources, and more resources will give it more financial ammunition with which to compete with its competitors, including other registrars. And I understand that, because this reservation service (and only this service, given the fact that there is only one .com registry) will be able to offer more certainty than other competing reservation services, it may have a competitive advantage over those competing products, which some people think is unfair. But I get the impression that at least some people believe that there is more to the competitive concern than these point? If that is right, could someone lay it out for me simply and clearly, so that even I can understand it? Thanks. Joe Sims Jones Day Reavis & Pogue 51 Louisiana Avenue NW Washington, D.C. 20001 Direct Phone: 1.202.879.3863 Direct Fax: 1.202.626.1747 Mobile Phone: 1.703.629.3963 ============================== The preceding e-mail message (including any attachments) contains information that may be confidential, be protected by the attorney-client or other applicable privileges, or constitute non-public information. It is intended to be conveyed only to the designated recipient(s). If you are not an intended recipient of this message, please notify the sender by replying to this message and then delete it from your system. Use, dissemination, distribution, or reproduction of this message by unintended recipients is not authorized and may be unlawful. ============================== -- This message was passed to you via the ga@dnso.org list. Send mail to majordomo@dnso.org to unsubscribe ("unsubscribe ga" in the body of the message). Archives at http://www.dnso.org/archives.html
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