Roger, Your assuming that TLD's are created to make the internet easier to access. Totally disagree. TLD's should be created to give domain registrants a CHOICE so that THEY can DECIDE what name THEY want to CHOOSE to interface with prospective or existing customers, family, friends etc. What TLD it (the domain) lives in has little baring on the accessibility of the internet.
My 85 year old grandmother who is a fantastic web user has no clue regarding difference between TLD's...Heck she shouldn't...but she sure does know how to google!! ;) Cheers, James -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of Roger B.A. Klorese Sent: Monday, February 03, 2003 12:42 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [TLDA-Members] Fwd: BulkRegister partners with New.Net [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >I'd prefer if all TLDs were open, and that consumers made the choice >what namespace they wanted to be under. I see no compelling reason for >TLDs to have enforced charters. > I see a very obvious one: because it makes the Internet easier to access. You seem to think the domain-holder is the consumer for whom things should be made easiest. I disagree -- the domain-ACCESSOR is the person who we should be considering. Companies should be in .COM because that's where consumers will look for them. Individuals should be in .NAME because that's where associates will look for them. Otherwise, we could just call them .1, .2, .3, and so on.
