I captured this banner ad from the Linuxberg site operated by Tucows :
http://www.dso.net/wwalsh/Bluebanner468.gif
This banner linked to http://www.domaindirect.com/com/
A CORE member.
The ad says plainly that these names are here, and encourages
"preregistration" NOW.
I should note that the linked site contains no information on these
names, so obviously they are just taking advantage of people's desire
for competition in the gTLD arena to drive people to their website.
Anyway you cut it, it's unethical at best.
However, that this ad is actually generating traffic shows that users
are interested in new gTLDs.
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William X. Walsh [EMAIL PROTECTED]
General Manager, DSo Internet Services
Fax:(209) 671-7934
The Law is not your mommy or daddy to go
crying to every time you have something
to whimper about.