[ga] Re: VeriSign & Korean IDN.com issues

[Stephane Bortzmeyer <bortzmeyer@xxxxxx>]

> is discontinues i-nav navigation server operations which the
> Verisign operates from Korea and the various area does.

...

> Based on these facts, I proposes ICANN and Verisign to know about
> seriousness of problem and to take the appropriate management.

I do not really see why the ICANN would have to do anything at
all. These users installed a software which depends on an external
service. The service (operated by Verisign, not ICANN, and apparently
not covered by Verisign contractwith ICANN) was
discontinued. Period. Users made a big mistake, not they pay for it.

This sort of things happen all the time, especially with non-free
software. Do we want ICANN to regulate the installation of every
networking software???

Firefox users can see IDN just fine and they do not depend on an
external service (a bad idea from the start).

I hope MS IE users will remember the lesson next time they plan to
install the latest gadget.