“The nature of business and government has been to build a surplus and self-perpetuate, but the Internet fosters and rewards smaller, more fluid organizations.”
“[Dyson defended the moves. She said that the board had to be formed so it could negotiate with critics.] We decided we needed to be something concrete rather than something nebulous you couldn't negotiate with, ... This is an interim board. Our job is to figure out how to create a permanent system with a permanent board.”
“Microsoft's competition -- most of it has been pretty inadequate. I don't see any reason to think that -- with all due respect -- a bunch of government lawyers are going to be any more clever than your average company, let alone Microsoft,”
“Today's announcement marks a major milestone in the joint efforts of the public and private sectors to bring Internet users the benefits of real competition in registration services in the most popular Internet domains -- .com, .net, and .org.”