>Date: Tue, 21 Dec 1999 20:36:22 -0500
>To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>From: Ron Bennett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Subject: Re: summary of alternate root servers?
>Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
>At 07:10 PM 12/21/99 -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
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>>On Tue, 21 Dec 1999, Ron Bennett wrote:
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>>> What I don't understand is why anyone would want to have
>>> a domain name in an alternative gTLD that ICANN could just
>>> usurp as their own and assign a registry to control - possibly
>>> causing a root-split or more likely the people who bought into
>>> the alternative gTLD losing their money and domains (that
>>> they really never had to begin with many would argue).
>>
>>That's not going to happen. ICANN is in no position to expand the gTLD
>>space. IBM has made it very clear that ICANN may provide a token gtld
>>effort, but not much more then that.
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>What does IBM have to do with this...you lost me...anyways the
>proposed gTLDs are all generic in nature; specific company gTLDs
>was rejected long ago and even many companies that once sought
>them are now against them as well since they'd be bad for business.
>
>>There are also legal consideration with respect to copyright and
>>trademarks issues. I assure you nothing of significance is going to
>>happen.
>
>Here I agree, but I think market forces (ie. demand) is becoming
>so strong that new gTLDs will be added eventually despite companies
>trying to protect their interests...and many of the large companies
>know new gTLDs are inevitable and are becoming registrars - allows
>them to make a few extra bucks and gives them a cheap and easy
>way to register their products/trademarks in all gTLDs.
>
>>> With ICANN in the drivers seat, attempts of starting alternative
>>> gTLDs is a futile effort at best. The last real attempt was alternic
>>> and that might have taken off except for poor marketing to the
>
>>> masses (marketing to only ISPs was a bad approach since ISPs
>>> don't change things unless their customers force them to); and
>>> sadly when a top person (the founder?) of alternic hacked the
>>> root servers and redirected internic.net. That was the end.
>>
>>The entire gTLD issues is bad marketing. I have yet to see any marketing
>>efforts of any significance. Instead - what I have seen are alot of pipe
>>dreams. Too many people assume they will make money in gTLD's and that is
>>an economic impossibility if they don't get off their asses and sell sell
>>sell.
>
>I agree 100%. But there is barrels of money in selling second-level
>domains under officially approved gTLDs - especially the new gTLDs
>when they become available.
>
>>There are very few instances in which value is attributed to a name.
>>Value results form hard work.
>
>Not really...many domains are valuable just because of the name.
>Take sex.com, business.com, internet.com, question.com, x.com,
>etc. And instant value can come out of words/phrases that don't
>even exist after a major event - ie. trenchcoatmafia.com
>
>>> These days the only hope of new gTLDs come from ICANN.
>>> While new gTLDs have been promised for several years, they're
>>> on the way - and I'd bet money on it!! The registry/registrar
>>> business has a limited future unless more domains can be
>>> made available...67 character domains have no real purpose
>>> but provide an additional opportunity for NSI and others to
>>> make money and grow to keep stockholders, etc happy until
>>> the new gTLDs are ready for prime time. And the day they
>>> become available, it will be the 1849 Gold Rush all over again!
>>
>>No no .. no gold rush. Alot of gTLD and ccTLD operators have hoped for a
>>gold rush, and not much of that sort of thing has happened. If you want
>>to make money, you have to work hard to get your gTLD accepted.
>
>I'm talking about registrars that register second-level domains under
>official gTLDs - and of course the registry makes a nice profit too.
>
>As far as ccTLDs...they fizzled out becomes there's too many and
>people are used to three letter extensions. Sounds dumb, but true.
>
>>Alot of people in the domain wars have been in the misinformed position
>>that if your create a tld space, everyone will follow. That's not going
>>to happen. Too many tech types have spend too much time assuming that
>>would be the case. But any seasoned business professional would of told
>>you that sort of thinking is bunk.
>
>If ICANN officially designates .WEB for example as a gTLD, the people
>who register domains under it will make tons of money. Of course the
>unofficial operators of .WEB will get nothing other than legal trouble and
>in this aspect I agree that people who take it upon themselves to start
>unofficial gTLDs won't make money; more likely bleed lots of money.
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>Ron Bennett
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