In yet another attempt to have complete monopoly over the .com domain, VeriSign has somehow persuaded ICANN to propose a new contract where VeriSign will be the permanent and unregulated controller of the .com registry, forever!
Read more on this on Bob Parson’s blog.
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February 20th, 2006 at 3:44 pm
maybe we should renew it now for 20 years….so your price is fix…hehe
February 20th, 2006 at 4:16 pm
To me it’s not a question of pricing, but of unfair monopoly. And VeriSign has a history of doing stupid things with its powers. I have signed a petition against them, also regarding monopolistic behaviours, and I will definitely do so again. I just don’t trust VeriSign to be a good corporate citizen. In my books, they’re definitely scum.
May 27th, 2007 at 2:05 pm
That Bob Parsons link is broken. Did he remove the post?
May 27th, 2007 at 6:47 pm
He most likely did… It did generate a lot of buzz.
I’ve done a search on his “new” blog, but couldn’t find any trace of the post. Hmmm…