VeriSign Capitulates

Fri Oct 3 19:56:02 UTC 2003

On Fri, 3 Oct 2003, Tim Wilde wrote:
> http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A40241-2003Oct3.html
>
> And they act like they're the victims.  Amazing.

Yep, I told you so :-)  I said that before this was over, Verisign would
claim they were the victims and a bunch of hooligans on the West Coast
"attacked" their honest and decent plans to help Internet users.

> "Without so much as a hearing, ICANN today formally asked us to shut down
> the Site Finder service," said VeriSign spokesman Tom Galvin. "We will
> accede to their request while we explore all of our options."

Uhm, was that the same hearing Verisign didn't have prior to instigating
their actions?