Verisign's public opinion play

Tue Oct 7 06:57:13 UTC 2003

I think this list may be a very good choice of where to construct
such a response.  This is certainly an issue requiring coordination,
and, the results of this PR battle definitely have strong operational
ramifications.  As such, I believe it EXACTLY fits the charter of this
list, while, being a bit outside it's traditional subject matter.

Owen

--On Monday, October 6, 2003 23:46 -0700 Will Yardley 
<william+nanog at hq.dreamhost.com> wrote:

>
> On Mon, Oct 06, 2003 at 11:24:08PM -0700, Steve Feldman wrote:
>> On Mon, Oct 06, 2003 at 11:41:14PM -0400, Mike Tancsa wrote:
>
>> > The one that pisses me off more is
>> >
>> > http://news.com.com/2100-1038_3-5087139.html?tag=nefd_top
>
>> From the bottom of those CNET articles:
>>     Contact us: http://news.com.com/2040-1096_3-0.html
>>
>> Couldn't hurt to try...
>>
>> Also, Declan's articles on Sept. 16 was most definitely not
>> a Verisign press release, see:
>>     http://news.com.com/2100-1032_3-5077530.html?tag=st_rn
>
> Maybe he would be willing to help draft (or at least edit) a response
> from the community at large. I do agree with other posters that a
> response is in order, and I think it's important that it's concise,
> reasonable, well written, and focuses on the main issues at hand. While
> this list is not the place to create such a response, I imagine someone
> could throw together an open list to create one.
>
> It's true that the majority of the people on this list are not PR or
> marketing people, and that's why it's important that we respond, and
> respond in a way that's easy for the general public to understand.
>
> It might also be a good idea to try to get some opinions from
> non-technical people; most of the non-technical people I've spoken to
> also find SiteFinder annoying and / or confusing.
>
> --
> "Since when is skepticism un-American?
> Dissent's not treason but they talk like it's the same..."
> (Sleater-Kinney - "Combat Rock")
>
>