Verisign to sell Network Solutions

Thu Oct 16 15:19:25 UTC 2003

So...correct me if I'm wrong here...does this mean that the registry services 
operations and the GTLD maintenance operations for .com/.net will be owned by 
different companies?

Isn't that what we wanted all along?

-C

On Thu, Oct 16, 2003 at 10:58:11AM -0400, Adam C. Greenfield wrote:
> 
> Yea, looks like (after a brief reading of the press release on their
> site) that they are just selling their registrar business off, but will
> still be the people maintaining the com and net registries.
> 
> On Thu, 2003-10-16 at 10:29, Mark Radabaugh wrote:
> > This is interesting:
> > 
> > 
> >       Dear Valued Network Solutions Customer,
> > 
> >       Today VeriSign, Inc. announced that it has entered into a definitive
> > agreement to sell Network Solutions to a new entity formed by Pivotal
> > Private Equity.
> > 
> > 
> > Mark Radabaugh
> > Amplex
> > (419) 720-3635
> > 
> > 
> > begin 666 clear.gif
> > K1TE&.#EA`0`!`( ``````````"'Y! $`````+ `````!``$```("1 $`.P``
> > `
> > end
> -- 
> Adam C. Greenfield (agreenfield at jtlnet.com)
> Senior Systems Engineer
> JTL Networks Inc.  (614) 847-9790
> 
> 
> 
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