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Date: Sat, 12 Aug 2000 09:44:06 -0400 (EDT)
From: !Dr. Joe Baptista <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: Fagyal Csongor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: New TLDs
I agree with you. Much of the domain business to date has been driven by
the scarcity of adequate top level domains. This is an artificial
scarcity. dot.GOD and dot.MOO are two excellent examples of the need by
users to expand the namespace.
I have always advocated that the top level domain zone should simply
include the english dictionary. People as a rule are not that interested
in domains. They are however interested in "strings" or "combinations of
words" which have some meaning and are easy to remember in order to
facilitate their communication.
The existing United States Government system is limited and lacks
imagination for these purposes. A good example are recent attempts by the
ccTLD operator for dot.hm to make the tld (for Heard and McDonald
Islands) relevant by selling .hm as meaning "your home" as in your.hm is
short form for "Your Home". Very confusing - because in the final
analisys the domain owners who wants a dot.home tld has no interest in an
abriviated name.
And that brings us to the fundamental problem with the USG internet. It
was run by Jon Postel - a good man - but a man who was completely devoid
of any imagination. He was nothing more then a techi and as such his
choice of delegating TLDs was techi based. Techi's as a rule like simple
solutions and nameing systems which are easily recognized. Unfortunately
this need for technical simplicity does not translate into practical user
requirements.
regards
Joe Baptista
http://www.dot.god/
dot.GOD Hostmaster
+1 (805) 753-8697
On Sat, 12 Aug 2000, Fagyal Csongor wrote:
> Sue,
>
> I am not an expert, but I think after the introduction of the new TLDs there
> will be a big "gold-rush" for new names under the new TLDs. However, there
> are much more domains registered than used already. The guys at greatDomains
> are proud of the enormous value of all the domains they are listing -
> however, do a domain really worth thousands of bucks if you cannot sell it?
> There will be millions of new domains on the market very soon... and after a
> year everyone will notice that it is not a good business any more, because
> there is no market. However, by then, all good names will be taken... I
> think there should be a "you cannot register if you do not use it" policy.
> Of course it is hard to enforce, if not impossible, but the tendency just
> stinks. All in all, the number of .com registration will decrease
> dramatically, I am very sure about that. If we want to stay in business, we
> have to cooperate with other registars too.
>
> - Csongor
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Sue Chooi" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Cc: "Charles Daminato" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Saturday, August 12, 2000 1:17 PM
> Subject: New TLDs
>
>
> > Hi "all",
> >
> > I was thinking about the implementation of new TLDs for sometime now. Will
> > the business of OpenSRS resellers who are domain resellers and OpenSRS be
> > affected with the implementation of the new TLDs? Will .com, .net and .org
> > still be as "popular"? And does anyone know whether ICANN-accredited
> > registrars will be allowed to offer registration under the new TLDs under
> > their current accreditation with ICANN?
> >
> > Sue
> >
>
