Verisign's public opinion play

Tue Oct 7 03:15:36 UTC 2003

Wish someone who was good with the clue-axe would take a swing at these
dolts.

We all know they are crying babies because their new method of profit was
shut down.

Now, the interesting question will be, how can we prevent them from adding
sitefinder again?

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Brian Bruns
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Kee Hinckley" <nazgul at somewhere.com>
To: <nanog at merit.edu>
Sent: Monday, October 06, 2003 11:12 PM
Subject: Verisign's public opinion play

>
> Take your blood pressure medicine before reading this one.
> http://news.com.com/2010-1071-5086769.html
> Apparently our objections stem from our lingering resentment over the
> commercial use of the internet.
>
> In case you're wondering who the author is, since neither the bio on
> the page or Verisign's site is helpful.  Mark McLaughlin is a former
> lawyer who moved into Marketing and Biz Development (Caere, Gemplus,
> Signio and then Verisign payments).
> -- 
> Kee Hinckley
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>
> I'm not sure which upsets me more: that people are so unwilling to accept
> responsibility for their own actions, or that they are so eager to
regulate
> everyone else's.
>