Re: [IFWP] Re: Anti-cybersquatting (Trademark Owners) Protection Act

[William X. Walsh]

On Thu, 8 Jul 1999 18:07:52 -0700 (PDT), Greg Skinner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:

>William X. Walsh wrote:
>
>> Greg, [3LDs, etc.] may be usable for some narror purposes, but the simple fact
>> is that they are not usable in a real commercial setting, and even for
>> personal use they are difficult and bulky and harder for people to remember.
>
>Prove it.
>
>Let's see some statistics.
>
>Let's see some studies comparing the usability of something.tld over
>something.2ld.tld, etc., given equal amounts of promotion, advertising,
>etc.
>
>My guess is that in cases where something.tld was easier to remember than
>something.2ld.tld, it was because something.tld was promoted better.
>
>I know of some universities that offered registrations over the net, who
>did fine with theirdivision.university.edu, etc.  That seems like a real
>commercial setting to me.
>

Since you seem to think marketing is the answer, lets let the market
prove it.  Lets count registrations.

Case closed.





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William X. Walsh
General Manager, DSo Internet Services
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"The fact is that domain names are new and have unique
characteristics, and their status under the law is not yet clear." 
--Kent Crispin (June 29th, 1999)