Re: [wg-c] straw vote -- question one results & call for votes on

["Ross Wm. Rader" <ross@ebarn.com>]

>
>Like heck.
>
>If you start a registry, spend millions on advertising, make the TLD very
>popular, I'll come in and underbid you in order to get the benefit of all
>the spending you did on advertising and good-will. If .com were
>re-bid, nobody would care who was running it (indeed, some might
>even rejoice). In the meantime, NSI would have hundreds of employees
>being laid off and tons of infrastructure being sold at surplus.
>
>Sorry, it's a non-starter.


That's crap - it's called competition. If you can't stand the heat, get out
of the kitchen. Not too mention that price is not the sole determinant when
it comes to awarding bids.

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>Re-bid in cases of insolvency or violation of contract. Make the contract
>as strict as you wish, so companies get into it with their eyes open.


And that too...

-RWR