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VeriSign and Other Registry Giants Blast ICANN

Posted by timothy on from the struggle-in-the-primordial-soup dept.

rhwalker22 writes: "VeriSign, ENIC, and Nominet UK today released a letter to the U.S. Commerce Dept. urging Uncle Sam to 'scale back the powers of the body that manages the Internet's global addressing system,' according to this report on washingtonpost.com. ICANN, of course, has its own take on the Registries' letter..."

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  1. Re:OT: Re:Verisign versus ICANN? by ceejayoz · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    Saying someone is a "pot calling a kettle black" means they're calling someone something that they are themselves.

    In this case, Verisign is calling ICANN scum - well, yes, but so's Verisign themselves.

    Sorry, that probably could have been explained better... get it though?

  2. Re:OT: Re:Verisign versus ICANN? (Got it) by garett_spencley · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    Thanks everyone.

    Makes perfect now sense now :)

    --
    Garett

  3. Re:Verisign versus ICANN? by josh+crawley · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    I dont know about your pots, but mine's green...

  4. UK != England, dammit!!! by csteinle · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    England's dot-uk is the fourth largest Internet domain with more than 3.5 million registrations.

    For crying out loud! You'd have though the Washingtonm Post would have enough of a clue to know the difference between England and The United Kingdom. At least refer to us as Britain. This is like calling everyone from the US a Texan just because it's the biggest state.

    1. Re:UK != England, dammit!!! by Fallingcow · · Score: 1, Offtopic

      For crying out loud! You'd have thought a Brit would have enough of a clue to know what the largest US state is! At least say "continental US". This is like saying everyone in the UK is from England. :) Sorry, couldn't help it. It's Alaska, by the way. The largest state, that is.