Stephen Sprunk wrote:
SCO had "deep" pockets too. IBM, Novell, etc. had much, much deeper
pockets. Do you really think ARIN or ICANN could take on titans such
as GE, IBM, AT&T, Xerox, HP, Apple, Ford, Halliburton, Eli Lilly,
Prudential, and Merck? Even _one_ of them? ARIN would be squashed
like a bug. Not to mention the entire weight of the USG if ARIN tries
to mess with _their_ 13 /8s.
I'm confident that the RIRs' membership would oust any leaders that
knowingly got them engaged in significant litigation of this sort.
I would largely agree with what you wrote, but put it another way: deep
pockets are an incentive and not a deterrent. Someone who has no money
is said to be judgment proof (heh - sort of like SCO right now ;-).
Eliot
_______________________________________________
Ietf@xxxxxxxx
https://www1.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf