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Re: Verisign to sell Network Solutions
From: "Mark Radabaugh" <mark () amplex net>
Date: Thu, 16 Oct 2003 13:34:07 -0400
So...correct me if I'm wrong here...does this mean that the registryservicesoperations and the GTLD maintenance operations for .com/.net will beowned bydifferent companies?Yep. And it means that Verisign business is no longer based so much on serving customers but more on leveraging various monopoly rights that they have such as ownership of .com and ownership of the main root CAs whose certificates are bundled with Microsoft's OS.Isn't that what we wanted all along?
This just gets more interesting. If the sale of the NetSol was in the works for some time (and these things usually take a while) it would mean that Verisign was likely counting on the revenue from Sitefinder to offset the loss of revenue from selling NetSol. They cut off an arm and then shot themselves in the foot. Maybe ICANN can put them out of our misery. It would help explain why Verisign continues to press so hard for Sitefinder despite the firestorm over it.... New Coke anyone? Mark
Current thread:
- Re: Verisign to sell Network Solutions Mark Radabaugh (Oct 18)
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- Re: Verisign to sell Network Solutions Michael . Dillon (Oct 18)
- Re: Verisign to sell Network Solutions Owen DeLong (Oct 18)
- Re: Verisign to sell Network Solutions just me (Oct 18)
- Re: Verisign to sell Network Solutions Michael . Dillon (Oct 18)
- Verisign to sell Network Solutions Mark Radabaugh (Oct 18)
- Re: Verisign to sell Network Solutions Adam C. Greenfield (Oct 18)
- Re: Verisign to sell Network Solutions Lucy E. Lynch (Oct 18)
- Re: Verisign to sell Network Solutions Todd Vierling (Oct 18)
- Re: Verisign to sell Network Solutions Chris Woodfield (Oct 18)
- Re: Verisign to sell Network Solutions Adam C. Greenfield (Oct 18)
- Re: Verisign to sell Network Solutions Adam C. Greenfield (Oct 18)