[MEDIA] McLaughlin Defends Site Finder As 'Innovation'

As seen on /.

http://news.com.com/2010-1071-5086769.html

Mark McLaughlin, senior VP of Verislime, has an editorial on news.com
claiming that ICANN is stifling innovation and forcing the internet to
stagnate.

The PR machine is out in force and painting anyone who disagrees with
them as anti-capitalistic loonies.

-wayne

You know who/what this sounds like?

Microsoft.

When smacked down about IE integration and WMP integration, they screamed
bloody murder and claimed freedom of innovation. Exactly what
NetSol/Verisign is doing. Maybe they have the same PR firm?

Also on /. a parody of that article too funny not to link to:

http://yro.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=81344&cid=7150189

I reformatted it for easier reading here:

http://kod.inch.com/pics/funny/Verisign.html

Gerald

When smacked down about IE integration and WMP integration, they screamed
bloody murder and claimed freedom of innovation. Exactly what
NetSol/Verisign is doing. Maybe they have the same PR firm?

Without taking a position on the merits of the comparison, your suspicion
is in fact correct:

Edelman does PR for Microsoft:
http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/contactpr.asp
Edelman Seattle
(206) 223-1606

As well as PR for VeriSign for SiteFinder: