On Fri, 9 Jul 1999 00:38:08 -0400 (EDT), "Richard J. Sexton"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>At 12:04 AM 7/9/99 -0400, Jon Zittrain wrote:
>><shrug> I just meant to list the sorts of pressures that have moved DNS
>>issues squarely out of the realm of the technical. I understand that some
>>entrepreneurs want *un*shared registries--they could make lots of money as
>>the sole holders of them--while others want a piece of a registry: witness
>>the number of companies seeking to join the shared registration system for
>>.com, .net, and .org. And, the White Paper--which I think I've seen you
>>call a consensus document at times--does reference the idea. I
>>dunno. Doesn't seem like bias to me to simply include it on the list, but
>>I suppose he who has the blinders on doesn't readily know what he's
>>missing. ...JZ
>
>Uh, I don't think the guy doing .FREE was planning
>on being "an entrapeneur wanting to make a lot
>of money". Some people probably do, while others
>hum the cost recovery mantra.
>
>Shared/non-shared, registry/registrar vs. peered registry,
>non-profit/for-profit/low-profit...
>it's a big mix and there's a lot of permutations
>and combinations. Again, all the world's not
>.com and there are too many applications of the
>DNS to be covered under a single homogensous model,
>no matter how well it may or may not work for .com.
Our .BOX would be setup as a $5/2 year service.
Oh yeah, we would get real rich on that. NOT.
We are going ahead with it anyway, we have setup a third level
registry to mirror registrations under, and will operate it for free
at the moment.
When I was with ML.org we talked quite frequently about how it would
be great to operate a totally free user supported registry for second
level domains under a free TLD.
This constant idea of there being a single workable model for TLDs is
absolutely wrong. ML.org operated a 3rd level registry with WELL over
150,000 domains when it was shut down (I never got the final number
before it was closed, but estimates from a member of the board put the
number just short of 200,000). DHS.org, formed by some former ml.org
staff, currently is just short of 30,000 domains in their free 3rd
level registry. People who need personal domains WILL support
non-profit and low profit models. Some people who need commercial
domains but are willing to live with a much lower level of service
guarantee in exchange for the low entry cost would also support these
models.
--
William X. Walsh
General Manager, DSo Internet Services
Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fax:(209) 671-7934
"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)
