Try to match the quotes up with the actions.
Postel gave no prior notification that the test would take place, a
fact that drew criticism.
"It's caused a good deal of uncertainty and perceived instability in
the system," said Chris Clough, a spokesman for Network
Solutions, which operates under a contract with the National
Science Foundation. "It's a concern about who can authorize
changes over the infrastructure and traffic patterns of the Internet."
- Associated Press, February 4 1998
"We're very concerned," Becky Burr, administrator with the Commerce
Department, said Tuesday. "This was undertaken without consultation
with the United States government."
People trying to visit the popular Internic directory which checks
the availability of a new Web address are unexpectedly being swept
automatically instead to the home page for Network Solutions Inc., which
offers to register Internet addresses with the com, net or org suffixes
for $119.
- Associated Press, March 24 1999
NSI, naturally, has a different point of view.
"The registry information is our proprietary information." says NSI
spokesman Chris Clough. "We've been providing it free to the community,
but under the contract, all of the intellectual property gathered
through the InterNIC process is our proprietary information."
- ABC News, March 7 1999