On Oct 14, 2008, at 3:48 AM, Max Tulyev wrote:
Per,
the truth is this is not an integer anymore, but a Valuable Resource, may be more valuable than oil and uranium.
There WILL BE a market. More, there IS a market NOW.
But you can choose will it be the black market or the clear one.
Exactly. This has been pretty obvious for some years now.
Per Heldal wrote:
I'd prefer a firm rejection of any policy designed enable a marketplace for integers.
Note that there are already a bunch of markets for characters (for example, domain names and trademarks), and I have heard of deals over phone numbers. There is no reason for integers to be any different. Regards Marshall
That should at least discourage some of the worst speculators and eliminate the financial motive for any organisation to hang on to blocks they don't need and return them to the common pool.
-- WBR, Max Tulyev (MT6561-RIPE, 2:463/253@FIDO)