Re: [wg-c] The IAB statement on sharing DNS domain registires

[Patrick Greenwell <patrick@stealthgeeks.net>]

On Mon, 20 Mar 2000, Dave Crocker wrote:

> At 12:18 PM 3/20/00 -0800, Patrick Greenwell wrote:
> >On Mon, 20 Mar 2000, Dave Crocker wrote:
> > > AT&T had a self-interest in the matter.  The IAB does not.
> >Sure it does though it is far less tangible: influence.
> 
> At worst, that motivates them to say SOMETHING.
> 
> It does not affect the content of their statement.  "Influence" is the same 
> no matter what they say.
> 
> However the real humor in the claim that they are affected by "influence" 
> is how reluctant they are to get into these kinds of topics and how much 
> effort it took to refine the question sufficiently to make it strictly 
> technical and not political.

It isn't a technical statement. It is a highly political one though. This
is borne out by a statement being made in the face of ample
evidence and "running code" which contradicts much of their statement. 


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