Re: [ga] WLS

[Sotiris Sotiropoulos <sotiris@worldatlarge.org>]

Joe Sims wrote:

> 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.


Mr. Sims,

I believe you don't *want* to understand the problems the WLS raises. 
 In fact, I think you'd rather ignore them.   Which is basically what 
your email amounts to.  Why bother to send such messages.  

Sotiris Sotiropoulos
     -Today's relevant word is 'kakistocracy': political rule by the worst.



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