RE: [ga] WLS Input - Greatest Good vs. Benefits of the Few

[Paul Stahura <stahura@enom.com>]

Jeff Field,

You forget that it *costs* nothing to
hit the registry, even for "low value" names,
plus as the WLS proposal states, 95% of the
names will not have subscriptions.  Since hitting
the registry costs the hitter nothing there is no disincentive
to do it, even for low value names.
Also, Verisign and SnapNames have both stated
that WLS is not intended to solve this problem.

Paul
eNom, Inc.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Sotiris Sotiropoulos [mailto:sotiris@hermesnetwork.com]
> Sent: Thursday, January 17, 2002 12:28 PM
> Cc: ga@dnso.org
> Subject: Re: [ga] WLS Input - Greatest Good vs. Benefits of the Few
> 
> 
> jeff field wrote:
> 
> > IMHO, the delete/load problem will absolutely vanish if WLS 
> is implemented.
> > Why?  Because all names of any substantial value will always have
> > subscriptions, all names of lesser value that get near or 
> go past their
> > expiration date will soon get subscribed (on a rolling 
> basis), and names
> > that have no value at all will just go away.  IOW, any name 
> in the registry
> > worth anything to a speculator or otherwise will be 
> registered by utilizing
> > WLS, not by snagging it at mass delete time.  The only 
> names that will be
> > mass deleted will be names that have no value.  And, if the 
> names being
> > deleted have no value, it would naturally follow that no 
> one will be hitting
> > the registry to register those names.  And, if no one is hitting the
> > registry at mass delete time, well, there goes the load on 
> the registry and,
> > there also goes the delete problem.
> 
> The truly interesting point in all of this is the
> ascription of *intrinsic value* to domain names.  This
> notion is tantamount to declaring a domain name as a
> commodity and not simply a designation akin to a telephone
> number.  Commodities have value and are generally
> considered a class of property.
> 
> -- 
> Sincerely,
> 
> Sotiris Sotiropoulos
> 	Hermes Network Inc.
> 	Toronto, Canada
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