Fingers snapping in agreement, Eric.
Swerve
At 4:58 PM -0400 9/13/03, WebWiz wrote:
>You know, I've pondered this for a while. It bugs the heck out of
>me, but it took a little while to formulate the exact "why".
>
>What irritates me about this, and the reason that it is so patently
>"wrong" is that Verisign is using for "personal gain" a capability
>that it has been given by virtue of a public trust.
>
>Because they manage the registry, they have the capacity to do
>things that nobody else could do. But because they manage the
>registry on behalf of the entire internet community, there is an
>implied (or is it spelled out explicitly?) responsibility to do so
>in a way that benefits the entire internet community.
>
>Instead, they have elected to manage it in such a selfish way that
>it works to their own financial advantage at the expense of the rest
>of the community.
>
>Businesses can and should find creative ways to snare business. But
>their approaches should be within the realm of ethical behavior. I
>get irritated when little companies lament the well-funded
>approaches of the big guys as "unfair" -- since typically that's
>actually an example of the big guy using his (superior) resources
>creatively. If the little guy could find a way to get sufficient
>funding, he could do the same thing.
>
>But in this case, Verisign's actions truly are unethical and
>inappropriate. NOBODY but Verisign could use this approach, and the
>reason is that Verisign has exceptional and unusual access to the
>registry because the government saw fit to have them manage it on
>behalf of everybody. To use that position for personal (corporate)
>gain is, in my opinion, despicable, and reveals the true nature of
>Verisign's management.
>
>NASA's "flawed culture" has nothing on Verisign's.
>
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>
>Regards,
>Eric Longman
>Atl-Connect Internet Services
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