[CPWG] A white knight on the horizon for .ORG?

[Evan Leibovitch]

Looks like Esther Dyson and others are forming a co-operative to offer an
alternative bid to Ethos:

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/07/technology/dot-org-private-equity-battle.html

It is unfortunate that the proposed alternative is yet another US
corporation, though the bulk of .ORG registrants are American so this will
likely be unchallenged.

Chance of ISOC accepting to even evaluate this alternative bid without
pressure is slim given that many deals like Ethos' contain penalties for
backing out. But the pressure is certainly there, and not abating.

-- 
Evan Leibovitch, Toronto Canada
@evanleibovitch or @el56
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