[62210] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Root Server Operators (Re: What *are* they smoking?)
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (David B Harris)
Tue Sep 16 18:05:49 2003
Date: Tue, 16 Sep 2003 16:05:52 -0400
From: "David B Harris" <david@eelf.ddts.net>
To: nanog@merit.edu
Errors-To: owner-nanog-outgoing@merit.edu
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On Tue, 16 Sep 2003 22:48:43 +0300 (IDT)
Hank Nussbacher <hank@att.net.il> wrote:
> > Verisign is a business and its goal is to make money.More =
importantly,
> > its a publically traded company whose goal is to make its stock =
value go up.
> > So, if we're interested in having them listen, we should be =
targeting
> > their stock value.Right now, I really can't think of a headline that
> > the NY Times or CNN could run that would make ordinary people =
understand
> > what's going on and encourage them to bring pressure on =
Verisign.Besides,=20
> > Verisign would obviously counter with the junk in their release.
> >=20
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> So far up 1.7% today:
> http://finance.yahoo.com/q/bc?s=3DVRSN&t=3D1d
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> Looks like they are winning.
Please take heart in the fact that the performance of IT stocks these
days is not in any way a reflection of the company in question. That
stock performance became meaningless during the dot-com bubble and
to this day it remains impossible to draw any sort of substantive
conclusion based on it.=20
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<P><FONT SIZE=3D2>On Tue, 16 Sep 2003 22:48:43 +0300 (IDT)</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>Hank Nussbacher <hank@att.net.il> wrote:</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>> > Verisign is a business and its goal is to =
make money.More importantly,</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>> > its a publically traded company whose goal =
is to make its stock value go up.</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>> > So, if we're interested in having them =
listen, we should be targeting</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>> > their stock value.Right now, I really can't =
think of a headline that</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>> > the NY Times or CNN could run that would =
make ordinary people understand</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>> > what's going on and encourage them to bring =
pressure on Verisign.Besides, </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>> > Verisign would obviously counter with the =
junk in their release.</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>> > </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>> </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>> So far up 1.7% today:</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>> <A =
HREF=3D"http://finance.yahoo.com/q/bc?s=3DVRSN&t=3D1d">http://finance.yah=
oo.com/q/bc?s=3DVRSN&t=3D1d</A></FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>> </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>> Looks like they are winning.</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=3D2>Please take heart in the fact that the performance of =
IT stocks these</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>days is not in any way a reflection of the company in =
question. That</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>stock performance became meaningless during the =
dot-com bubble and</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>to this day it remains impossible to draw any sort of =
substantive</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>conclusion based on it.</FONT>
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