I for the most part agree with the concept of under regulation with one notable exceptions. .edu for one is reserved for accredited educational institutions. a seperate namespace for public institutions is a worthwhile thing, since often they do not have the resources to 'fight' for their domain name. Ie libraries, museums etc. In fact I would not be adverse to allowing these types of institutuions to obtain .edu domains since their function is education, though not in as formal sense as a degree granting institution.
This also works very well IMHO since the last time I checked, an instution that qualified for a .edu domain did not have to pay for that name. Just demonstrate that they were entitled to it and they got it. Just my two cents. Michael On 2 Feb 2003, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > On Sun, 2003-02-02 at 21:26, Roger B.A. Klorese wrote: > > True. But when a TLD is created for a purpose, that purpose should be > > excluded from .ORG. Hence, .NAME removes the need to put personal > > domains in .ORG, the existence of .COM means that a business entity > > should not be able to register in .NET or .ORG just because its .COM > > peer was taken, etc. > > Entitled to your opinion, Roger, but fortunately yours is a vast > minority view. Regulation should not exist for regulations sake. I'm > with Ross on this one, under regulate. > > 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. > >
