>On 15-Mar-2000 Richard J. Sexton wrote: >> William is of course wrong. Before IAHC and before ICANN the process was to >> apply >> to IANA and we've all seen the list where IANA acknowledged the list of >> TLD applications it was sent. > >Richard, you are, of course, wrong. > >IANA did not establish the process to apply to IANA for new TLDs, this was a >misinterpretation based on the website information for ccTLDs, and IANA's so >called acknowledgement was nothing more than a note indicating they had >received those blasted things, not in any way acknowledging their validity or >legitimacy. Jon asked us to forward him the apps. Did you ever see this: Date: Fri, 15 Sep 1995 12:40:30 -0700 From: Jon Postel Message-Id: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: ISOC Statement on Domain Name Fees Rick: I think this introduction of charging by the Intenic for domain registrations is sufficient cause to take steps to set up a small number of alternate top level domains managed by other registration centers. I'd like to see some competition between registration services to encourage good service at low prices. -- Richard Sexton | [EMAIL PROTECTED] | RS79 on eBay and InterNIC http://killifish.vrx.net http://www.mbz.org http://lists.aquaria.net Snail mail: "Maitland House, Bannockburn, Ontario, Canada, K0K 1Y0"
