"OpenSRS Live Reseller Update 06/18/01" wrote: >.info timeline changes >------------------- > >As a follow-up to the Stockholm meetings, Afilias announced on >Monday June 18, 2001 that they have changed the launch dates for >.info as follows: > >Sunrise Period Jul 25, 2001 - Aug 27, 2001 >Quiet Period Aug 28, 2001 - Sep 11, 2001 >Start-Up Period (Landrush) Begins Sep 12, 2001 >.info addresses resolve Begins Sep 19, 2001 > >As result of these changes, Tucows has postponed Landrush pre- >registration until July 4, 2001 (from July 2, 2001). Looking at the dates a little more, I see that landrush has been collapsed down to one week. ONE WEEK?! So I guess the idea of multiple rounds of queues, each of which lasted a week, is completely gone? Wow. Quite a change. Also, do they really think they're going to be able to go from first accepting orders from the general public to resolving the domains within seven days? Details, please. I feel a train wreck coming on. -- Robert L Mathews, Tiger Technologies
