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color=#0000ff size=2>I agree with Matthew's analysis of the problem of
conslidating org IDs. In fact the problem could be worse than he makes out,
it could impose all kinds of structural changes on the IT management of large
organizations who have decentralized arrangements. </FONT></SPAN></DIV><!-- Converted from text/plain format -->
<P><FONT size=2>Milton Mueller<BR>Professor, Syracuse University School of
Information Studies<BR>XS4All Professor, Delft University of
Technology<BR>------------------------------<BR>Internet Governance
Project:<BR><A
href="http://internetgovernance.org/">http://internetgovernance.org</A><BR></FONT></P>
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<BLOCKQUOTE><FONT face="Calibri, Verdana, Helvetica, Arial"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt">It would be fatal to some of these businesses for
their IP address<BR>management to be lumped together simply because I am the
majority owner<BR>of more than one of these. Among other things, it would
drastically<BR>complicate things when I (as I often do) sell these entities
to new<BR>owners or investors. As an example, I recently sold a
podcasting-related<BR>entity shortly after I acquired a wireless ISP. Both
used IP addresses,<BR>but in vastly different ways. Both are separate legal
entities, one a<BR>California corporation which is now dissolved and whose
assets are part<BR>of the Texas corporation, the other a Delaware
corporation. There should<BR>be no reason why two different corporations
should be required to share<BR>management of their IP address space simply
as a consequence of their<BR>current ownership.<BR><BR>Ask any company doing
private equity buyouts if they want to be managing<BR>the IP address space
for the various types of companies under their<BR>control, as another
example.<BR><BR>Matthew
Kaufman<BR>*<BR></SPAN></FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>