[arin-ppml] ARIN / Microsoft press release regarding IP address Transfers

[Milton L Mueller]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: John Curran [mailto:jcurran at arin.net]
> Milton -
> 
>    Please do not present your speculations as fact.  For example, a
> detailed needs assessment was indeed performed; your lack of knowledge
> of it doesn't make your assertion otherwise correct, and to state that
> "No needs assessment as performed" as factual knowledge is simply wrong.

[Milton L Mueller] 

So that is the only statement in the following paragraph you dispute? 
 
> On Apr 16, 2011, at 12:29 PM, Milton L Mueller <mueller at syr.edu> wrote:
> 
> > Facts are facts. The sale took place in a private agreement brokered
> by a private address brokerage company. The party selling the resources
> never signed any agreement with ARIN, whether RSA or LRSA. MS (the
> buyer) received the resources under an LRSA, not the standard RSA. No
> needs assessment was performed. In other words, the transfer took place
> completely outside of ARIN's transfer policy.