Re: [IFWP] Fwd: Re: Power Politics and the New Internet Order

[Greg Skinner]

Einar Stefferud <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> So, what is wrong with .ibm, .att, .ford, .etc?   

> Lets cede all famous names to have TLD registries, and reserve the TLD
> space for them.  Then they can mount thier TLD if they want to step up
> to the reguirements of running a TLD service for themselves.  

> This requires a lasrger commitement than to just get an SLD.
> Specifically, it means committing to collaboration with all other TLD
> registries to coordinate the ROOT.  And perhaps to also run a
> Secondary ROOT server;-)...

Offhand,

* It won't scale.  (I can imagine there are more than 1,000,000 famous
  strings, for some definition of famous.)

* What criteria will be used to judge what is famous, and why would
  that criteria be any less controversial than all other criteria that are
  debated in these forums?

--gregbo