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. While competition for domain name registry is a good thing, someone must still maintain a public source of registry information. Otherwise, the same domain name could be sold to two different buyers. If there is some reason to change that, we need to be consulted. Searching for a Model Ever since the government announced last year that Network Solutions' monopoly would come to an end, the company has been retooling its business model.
Many observers think the company is still well-positioned.
But I think they've overdramatized the negative. Whether the company can maintain its success while opening up the domain-name registry to competition remains to be seen. The Associated Press contributed to this report. Selling Short on NSI Networks Solutions Inc. received its second unpleasant surprise of the week when Asensio and Co., a New York City investment firm notorious for selling short on technology companies, put out a bearish report on the company's future. Manuel Asensio, president of the firm, accused Network Solutions of glossing over its future prospects.