Re: Internic does it again

["Wayne D. Correia" <wayne () domain net>]

At 2:04 PM -0500 7/28/97, Joe  Shaw wrote:
> On Mon, 28 Jul 1997, Jay R. Ashworth wrote:
>
> > The major complaint I hear about the InterNIC isn't that they're
> > arrogant, it's that their a black hole.  Or worse, a roach motel:
> > complaints check in, but they don't check out.
> >
> > That's exactly the problem I have with them.  They need a PR person,
> > with an extensive background in the culture of the net, and the power
> > to get things done... and they need one _now_.
>
> Exactly.  If NSI doesn't have someone who head up pr doing the work of
> informing the net community of what problems it's having, then rumors
> start happening.  Rumors spread out, and get picked up by the media.
> Since the media is obviously a part of this list (we sure get quoted a
> lot), these stories of NSI outages start making the news.  The price of
> NSI stock drops, and NSI's stockholders are not happy.  Life is not good
> for NSI.  So, doesn't it make sense to just get someone to do the PR job?

Because of the pending IPO, the InterNIC is in a 90 day quiet period. Even
if they have hired a PR person/group/agency, that entity couldn't really do
their job until after the IPO. I believe that this is an SEC regulation.

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