Verisign's public opinion play

Tue Oct 7 12:28:14 UTC 2003

"For this vocal minority, resentment lingers at the very fact that the Internet 
is used for commercial purpose, which ignores the fact that it's a critical part 
of our economy."

So verisign admit its about the $$$s then?

Sticking on the commercial argument claim which this argument is about, Verisign 
also fails to mention that it is only the keeper of the registry and it is being 
uncompetitive by allowing its registrar business to benefit at the exclusion of 
the many other registrars.

Steve

On Mon, 6 Oct 2003, Kee Hinckley wrote:

> 
> 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).
> 