IP: READ Re:: Network Solutions Blocking Transfers

[David Farber <dave@farber.net>]

>To: farber@cis.upenn.edu
>cc: mo@ccr.org
>Subject: Re: IP: Network Solutions Blocking Transfers
>Date: Sun, 01 Jul 2001 13:18:05 -0400
>From: "Mike O'Dell" <mo@ccr.org>
>
>ordinarily i subscribe to the notion:
>
>         Never ascribe to malice what it adequately explained by
>         stupidity.
>
>can someone explain to me why the Commerce Department, the folks
>responsible for reviewing mergers to prevent concentration of power
>in volation of the anti-trust laws, is in the business of CREATING
>monopolies like NSI with what can only be described as sweetheart
>deals (at least in polite company)?  and why didn't they have to
>get DOJ clearance before granting exclusivity to NSI?
>
>oh yeah, it's not a real "business" - just a "cooperative agreement"
>that resulted in a huge IPO.
>
>what an incredible scam, and NSI has enough people by the short hairs
>that nobody will take substantive action about it.
>
>the next thing you know, Microsoft will buy Verisign
>
>         -mo



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