Re: Verisign to sell Network Solutions

["Adam C. Greenfield" <agreenfield () jtlnet com>]

It is a much better idea that these functions are performed by a
seperate (IMHO). Of course they are doing it to resolve the conflict of
interest issue, and the people saying (and filing suit) about the fact
that SiteFinder is un-fair competition between them and the other
registrars.

I'm not really sure that this is the ideal resolution (or a resolution
at all for the conflict of interest piece at all), because they are
still maintaining a 15% stake in the NetSol entity. But IANAL so..

While these events are intersting, I think its best that we move the
focus back to the very operational issue of Sitefinders affect on the
internet. Hopefully (while unlikely) this transition should have little
or no effect on the DNS system at large. While this might not turn out
to be the case, he can hope, can't we?

On Thu, 2003-10-16 at 11:19, Chris Woodfield wrote:
> So...correct me if I'm wrong here...does this mean that the registry services 
> operations and the GTLD maintenance operations for .com/.net will be owned by 
> different companies?
>
> Isn't that what we wanted all along?
>
> -C
>
> On Thu, Oct 16, 2003 at 10:58:11AM -0400, Adam C. Greenfield wrote:
> > Yea, looks like (after a brief reading of the press release on their
> > site) that they are just selling their registrar business off, but will
> > still be the people maintaining the com and net registries.
> >
> > On Thu, 2003-10-16 at 10:29, Mark Radabaugh wrote:
> > > This is interesting:
> > >
> > >
> > >       Dear Valued Network Solutions Customer,
> > >
> > >       Today VeriSign, Inc. announced that it has entered into a definitive
> > > agreement to sell Network Solutions to a new entity formed by Pivotal
> > > Private Equity.
> > >
> > >
> > > Mark Radabaugh
> > > Amplex
> > > (419) 720-3635
> > >
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> > Adam C. Greenfield (agreenfield () jtlnet com)
> > Senior Systems Engineer
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Adam C. Greenfield (agreenfield () jtlnet com)
Senior Systems Engineer
JTL Networks Inc.  (614) 847-9790