this verisign wildcard silliness

[Bill Moran]

Marc Ramirez wrote:
> On Thu, 18 Sep 2003, Brett Glass wrote:
> 
>>At 01:06 PM 9/18/2003, Bill Moran wrote:
>>
>>>It makes me wish I had money lying around to hire a lawyer just to
>>>piss off Verisign.
>>
>>This situation is ripe for a class action.
>>
>>Maybe one of the big law firms that loves to do these, such as
>>Milberg Weiss, would take it on.
> 
> Before you do anything rash...
> 
> We first have to remember to "follow the money." (Thank you, Deep Throat)
> 
> Now, yes, VeriSign may have a lot to gain from this, but let's face it:
> Internet ads don't work.  Now stay with me.
> 
> Internet ads don't make people buy things, they make people annoyed.
> 
> In this case, annoyed at what?  At their typing skills, obviously.
> 
> Now, very soon we'll have lots of annoyed internet users cursing their
> stubby little jello fingers.  Who would stand to profit from this?
> 
> Maybe, just maybe, Mavis.
> 
> As in, Mavis Beacon.
> 
> As in, that's right! Mavis Beacon Teaches Typing, a.k.a Broderbund
> Software! Who else, indeed?
> 
> Notice that Broderbund has stayed mum on the issue of the wildcard record,
> _unlike every one else on the internet_.
> 
> Also, note well their affiliation between Broderbund and the _notorious_
> Bank Street College of Education at bnkst.edu -- the .edu tld seems to be
> miraculously free of the wildcard nonsense.  And remember that the fruit
> of their collaboration, Bank Street Writer, had _no spell check_.
> Coincidence? You be the judge.
> 
> Could Broderbund be silently be staging a comeback?  Are they and VeriSign
> forming an ogliopo, I mean, olligiopo, I mean, oligipiolo -- crap --
> corporate Death Star?  I'm afraid that's all I can say on the subject for
> now.  Remember people, follow the money!

MY GOD!  This goes deeper than I ever could have imagined!

I hate to be the bearer of bad news, Marc, but you're likely to end up at
the bottom of the river wearing a pair of concrete loafers after exposing
this!  You may have been better off keeping your suspicions to yourself.
Broderbund has friends in nasty places, good luck getting a credit card
ever again!

-- 
Bill Moran
Potential Technologies
http://www.potentialtech.com