O'Reilly Network Weblogs: Malamud and Vixie's bid to run .org

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Malamud and Vixie's bid to run .org

by Tim O'Reilly
Sep. 2, 2002
URL: http://not.invisible.net/signals/bin/000270.shtml

Carl Malamud's perplexity over why the "technical due diligence" on the various bids to ICANN resulted in no actual followup makes an interesting read. It's a real shame that, as usual, insider strings and the money trail will likely decide even this small part of the domain system. It's really a shame to see internet pioneers being shut out of the future of the net without even the courtesy of a good reason.

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