The second point is that I was a strong supporter - actually, I think that I was even the proposer, but I may be wrong - of the option of not opposing the sale but asking for some safeguards. The reason why I took this position is explained at length in the archives, but can be summarised in the belief that we would not have the strength to force the ICANN Board to deny the transaction, also in consideration of the fact that I was assuming that such denial would have brought a huge lawsuit to ICANN. I remain still convinced that, without the intervention of the CA-AG, who basically has shielded ICANN against a lawsuit, the Board would have decided differently.