[ga] VeriSign's failure to implement Universal WHOIS by Dec 2002

[George Kirikos <gkirikos@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hello,

I was reading Appendix W of the ICANN-VeriSign Registry Agreement for
.com at:

http://www.icann.org/tlds/agreements/verisign/registry-agmt-appw-com-16apr01.htm

which in part reads:

"Registry Operator shall commence research and development of the
Universal Whois Service no later than December 31, 2001. Registry
Operator shall, insofar as is reasonably possible in view of Registry
Operator's dependence on the cooperation of third parties, strive to
achieve significant progress in implementing the Universal Whois
Service by December 31, 2002."

Given that VeriSign has failed to deliver on this "significant
progress", shouldn't that be its priority at this time, rather than
other "services" such as WLS and SiteFinder? VeriSign needs to be
reminded that its *obligations* should precede its other ambitions.

Appendix W also says that "Registry Operator shall provide ICANN with
an annual report on this research and development activity." If someone
would provide a link to the latest 2 annual reports for that R&D
activity, it would be greatly appreciated.

Sincerely,

George Kirikos
http://www.kirikos.com/