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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Vittorio<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-US">I think this is going way off topic, but since you started ..
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Most businesses cannot afford to engage in policy with ICANN, RIPE or anywhere else.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-US">A lot of people make the false assumption that somehow because they’re a company that they’re funding their staff to attend events and engage and that the said employees are given carte blanche.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-US">That’s definitely not true.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-US">So the arguments around supporting academics is also not really true. An academic could get a grant to study something, even if there’s no economic benefit. For a business we have to rationalise
the spend.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Regards<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Michele<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Mr Michele Neylon<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Personal blog: https://michele.blog/<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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