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<div name="messageBodySection" style="font-size: 14px; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, sans-serif;">Andrew,</div>
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<blockquote type="cite" style="margin: 5px 5px; padding-left: 10px; border-left: thin solid #1abc9c;">It's unfortunate that ICANN continues to portray itself in public as<br />
somehow having something to do with making a decision about this,<br />
despite its chartered limited role. </blockquote>
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<div>I'm curious: who do you believe decides to follow IETF (or any other) standards in the context of the root and/or gTLD zones?</div>
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<div>Regards,</div>
<div>-drc</div>
<div>(Speaking for myself only)</div>
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