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Control of the .ORG TLD

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the insert-group-sex-joke-here dept.

rhwalker22 writes "TechNews.com has an in-depth look at the 11 groups bidding to run dot-org when VeriSign gives it up later this year." I have a sneaking suspicion that my bid of $100 and a case of guinness has been outdone.

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  1. Re:Harrumph .... by PatientZero · · Score: 4, Interesting
    I don't have anything against commercial interests, but in this case I can't see any reason to not let a non-profit run the .org domain. It's not like the internet doesn't provide enough commercial opportunities already.

    As well, I noted in the article that if a non-profit wins the bid, VeriSign has agreed to give them a $5 million endowment. Given the amount of politics going on within ICANN, can we be sure that VeriSign isn't campaigning for a commercial winner to save them some cash?

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