> From: "adam" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: Fri, 1 Dec 2000 20:29:06 -0000 > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: dotTV > > Swerve <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > >> With 6 billion humans on the planet, >> an expanded namespace is necessary. >> > I'm all for expanding the namespace. I would prefer if it was opened up > completely, and ICANN had some of their power distributed more evenly, Vint > Cerf or no. > > However .tv has nothing to do with expanding the namespace. It's a ccTLD > being marketed as a gTLD. Making .tv available to people outside of Tuvalu has made it possible for many people to register names in the .tv category that wouldn't have been able to otherwise. This expands the possible choices of domain names for the general public. As for opening it up completely, i concur. > I'm not saying there's anything wrong with that per > se, but what I am saying is that in my opinion it's worthless to most people. > It's just marketing. It's vaporware. Actually, what i think you are saying is that it's worthless to you and maybe even the majority of people you can think of. Perhaps it's not worthless to hundreds of thousands of independent filmakers, artists, musicians, etc, who may want to set up their own alternative television stations. Pirate radio, pirate TV. And there's organizations in the tens of thousands, like Greenpeace, Free Speech Tv, and whack of others who might integrate an adjacent website that links from their main .org page that has just video streaming related to their cause. Greenpeace.TV For you this is all vaporware. Fine. For me it's mindware or software. > >> The scope of the nameSpace >> should reflect the scope of our mindSpace. >> > And that sounds like just the kind of crap dotTV marketroids would come out > with... Are you having a crappy day, Adam, or are you always this foul? swerve. > > adam > > PS. Could people PLEASE stopping copying me off-list. I'm ON the list - I > DON'T need to see it TWICE thank you! Done. Only sent to the discuss list. >
