William F. Adkinson, Jr., senior policy counsel for the Progress & Freedom Foundation, via Free2Innovate.net: "The [.Net registry selection] criteria should strongly favor the incumbent operator where the incumbent has performed well, and disadvantage the incumbent where he has not. Past operation of the registry in question is uniquely relevant evidence of future operation." Bingo! It's absolutely crucial that ICANN consider past performance. No evaluation would be complete without considering the manner in which Verisign rolled out Sitefinder, IDNs, and other substantive changes to the zone files.