With .com and .biz and all the others, this is just what we need to obfuscate the Internet even more for the average user. I think it's madness (like the .xxx domain which will yield one company millions).
It's also a way for big corporates to separate themselves from startups and smaller companies (who can't afford the large fee), which is not good for competition and innovation. For a non-profit group (ICANN) they must certainly have many corporates lobbying them ... - this is another gold mine for doing practically nothing (besides a little admin and paying lawyers). I just hope Google searches continue to make this irrelevant and a waste of time/money. Cheers, Ashley. PS Whilst they were at it why didn't ICANN make .edu accessible to the whole world - it is currently only available to accredited US education institutions. -- Ashley Aitken Perth, Western Australia mrhatken at mac dot com Skype Name: MrHatken (GMT + 8 Hours!) _______________________________________________ MacOSX-admin mailing list [email protected] http://www.omnigroup.com/mailman/listinfo/macosx-admin
