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ICANN Recommends ISOC Run .org TLD

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the thanks-fellas-thanks-a-lot dept.

Amazing Quantum Man writes "According to ZDNet, ICANN has issued a report recommending that ISOC run the .org TLD. It looks like ISOC would run .org in conjunction with Afilias." mesozoic points out that ISOC is a non-profit organization composed of many for-profit heavyweights, writing "I'm not surprised; are you?" This preliminary report may be disappointing to those who hoped that Paul Vixie and Carl Malamud would be successful in their bid to head up .org.

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  1. coin by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    bahhhhd

  2. my recommendation by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    I recommend that people who take slashdot seriously shampoo my pubes.

    In fact, I recommend that everyone shampoo my pubes.

    1. Re:my recommendation by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      Because they need it, because you like it or both?

      Just curious.

    2. Re:my recommendation by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

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  3. British Telecom and WorldCom by T-Kir · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Slightly offtopic I know, but BT and Woldcom are in the "Sustaining-Gold Members" section, I wonder how long that sustaining will last.. considering the nice sized debt that BT have (as with most communications companies at the moment), and the missing billions that WorldCom have (or should have had).

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  4. Re:slashdot.NET by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    What better way to bankrupt Microsoft than to /. their "free CD department".

  5. Hey by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Can somebody give me a pointer to somewhere that would explain how much drag is put on a car when it has a flag on it? Thanks.

  6. nix TLDs by surfacearea · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Perhaps for IPv6 we should just get rid of TLDs altogether. And why not?

  7. For those unfamiliar with the Roman alphabet by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

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  8. Re:This is bad how? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Trapped in a self-defeating blame microsoft world, $lashdotters are blind to the fact that it is they themselves who are miserable failures. Nothing sadder than a linux freak, except maybe for elderly women each with dozens of cats in their homes.

  9. Vixie would definitely use BIND by Noodleroni · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    I don't know whether ISOC would use the Buggy Internet Name Daemon or not, but I know Paul Vixie would definitely use it. Here is Dan Berstein's feelings about BIND: http://cr.yp.to/djbdns/blurb/unbind.html . I know from personal experience that BIND is big, slow, and the config files are a nightmare, whereas Dan's djbdns is wonderful. I hope whoever get's .org will use djbdns.

    Noodle

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  10. Re:First post! by Chexsum · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Freemasons are a fraternity of organized crime - kill them!

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  11. Re:This is bad how? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Don't knock elderly ladies. They have brittle bones.