[governance] IANA contract to be opened for competitive bidding on November 4

[John Levine]

>And why on earth does ICANN or anyone else like the root zone
>operators have to follow their instructions anyway?

Because the E, G, and H roots are operated by the US Government, and
the A, B, D, and J roots are operated by organizations with extensive
US Government contracts?  Or was this a purely hypothetical question?

No amount of blustering will change the fact that the US Government is
firmly in charge of the root and will be unless they make the unlikely
decision to hand their control over to someone ele.

R's,
John
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