Re: Vixie warns: DNS Changer ‘blackouts’ inevitable

[bmanning () vacation karoshi com]

On Wed, May 23, 2012 at 04:33:28PM -0400, Christopher Morrow wrote:
> On Wed, May 23, 2012 at 1:40 AM,  <bmanning () vacation karoshi com> wrote:
> > Paul will be there to turn things off when
> >        they no longer make money for his company.
>
> is the dns changer thingy making money for isc?

        pretty sure.  a contract w/ the Feds, outsouring contracts w/ affected ISPs
        when the Fed deal runs out, development funding to code these kinds of fixes 
        into future versions of software, any number of second and third order fallout.
        No telling how effective constent self-promotion is.  One thing is clear, Paul
        is able to tell a great story.
        
        but its all speculation from here. ISC is well positioned to extract value
        from both ends of the spectrum.  They have a great business model. The optics
        look pretty odd from here, at lesat to me however - I am very glad for: )open 
        source & )other vendors of DNS SW.

/bill