On Thu, 15 Aug 2002, Marc Storck wrote: > I would be careful about stating "a TLD that may never make it into the > root servers". The EU Commission decided to do it, and no corrupt ICANN or > US Government will stop them! ;-)))) They will only encourage them to get > it running even sooner! ;-))) >
This will inevitably thread drift into its own line of comments, but we can second-guess this thing to the moon. Bottom line is, the EU can go ahead and proceed, it will be moot if ICANN doesn't update the root servers, period. Corrupt or not, that's the reality. Although thinking about it, the alternative scenarios are endless: the EU creates their own root and legislates their ISP's and telecoms into using it, leading to a split in the namespace, APNIC gets sick of waiting for ICANN and follows suit, forming their own Unicode UTF8 root, and we wind up a triple-faulted namespace. ...which may not be the end of the world. The ensuing chaos would open up all sorts of business opportunities. -mark > Marc > > At 08:58 15.08.2002 -0400, you wrote: > > ><cynicism> > >I'm kinda surprised Verisign isn't selling them already...domains inside > >a TLD that may never make it into the root servers, they can bundle them > >with IDN's and make a "vapourware superdeal". > ></cynicism> > > > >-mark > > > >On Thu, 15 Aug 2002, Ross Wm. Rader wrote: > > > > > We have no position at this point. Until, unless and when there is some > > > sort of official recognition of the TLD, a registry operator selected, > > > policy put in place and protocol specifications available, it is > > > impossible for us to determine whether or not we will be offering it - > > > who knows, we may not even qualify to offer it. > > > > > > Based on what I do know, from the rumour mill, there's a pretty good > > > chance that the interfaces and policy will be pretty straightforward. At > > > this point however, its just too early to tell. > > > > > > > > > > > > -rwr > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > "There's a fine line between fishing and standing on the shore like an > > > idiot." > > > - Steven Wright > > > > > > Please review our ICANN Reform Proposal: > > > http://www.byte.org/heathrow > > > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of Marc Storck > > > > Sent: Thursday, August 15, 2002 7:28 AM > > > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > Subject: .eu > > > > > > > > > > > > Hello, > > > > > > > > I contacted Tucows/OpenSRS a few weeks ago about their > > > > position an d palns > > > > about the coming .eu but got no answer. > > > > > > > > Anyone on the list who could tell me something. .eu is going > > > > to be VERY > > > > VERY IMPORTANT for us!!! > > > > > > > > Marc > > > > > > > > > > >-- > >mark jeftovic > >http://www.easydns.com > >http://mark.jeftovic.net > -- mark jeftovic http://www.easydns.com http://mark.jeftovic.net
