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

[Jacqueline Morris]

Hi Evan
Do you know if there is a monetary  value on this bid that is public yet?
Will it give ISOC the endowment that it is looking for?
Jacqueline A. Morris
Technology should be like oxygen: Ubiquitous, Necessary, Invisible and
Free. (after Chris Lehmann <http://twitter.com/chrislehmann> )


On Wed, Jan 8, 2020 at 3:27 AM Evan Leibovitch <evan at telly.org> wrote:

> 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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