] It's easy to dismiss Verisign's antitrust suit as a ploy
] to push through Sitefinder. But whether one loves
] Sitefinder or hates Sitefinder, the complaint raises a
] much more significant issue that won't go away even if
] ICANN lets Verisign roll out Sitefinder. At the heart of
] Verisign's complaint is the lack of any definable process
] for decisionmaking, and its a complaint shared by others.
] A settlement between Verisign and ICANN that does not
] create a clear process for decisionmaking at ICANN that
] includes trustworthy independent review will merely delay
] the inevitable. Eventually, some other party will become
] just as frustrated and again challenge ICANN -- either in
] U.S. court or by enlisting the help of the U.S. Commerce
] Department, non-U.S. governements, or multinational
] treaty organizations. ICANN must recognize that the days
] of ad hoc decision making based on realpolitick must end
] and give way to stable processes that ICANN staff cannot
] control.