Re: (Fwd) Re: [ga-roots] alternate roots considered harmful

["William X. Walsh" <william@userfriendly.com>]

Hello L,

Thursday, May 24, 2001, 6:20:01 PM, L Gallegos wrote:
> Again, it is true that the market share and population of most the TLDs
> in
> the alternate roots is small.  That is why we would not see too much of a
> problem with those.  However, with the duplication in the USG root, of an
> active TLD, it will come up quickly.  That is precisely why ICANN should
> not have accepted applications for or selected TLDs that already exist.

the problem with that Leah, is that the alt.root/alt.tld community has
not come up with a credible standard for defining when a TLD is "in
use" or "exists."

In their current framework, the simple assertion of a claim, and
getting Sexton or one of the others to add a couple lines in a dns
config, has been the standard.

That is no standard at all, and as a result, those claims will not,
and in fact should not, be taken seriously or given any credibility
whatsoever.

And no, Simon, filing a registration document with IANA years ago does
not satisfy a reasonable standard either.

> No matter how much you insist that it is someone else's fault, the facts
> are the facts.

No, not really.  Blame the alt.root/alt.tld community for not coming
up with a set of standards, including both technical and business,
that establish a better system for claims to be recognized as being
reasonable and recognizable.

They have not done so, they do not look likely to do so anytime soon.

The ONLY reasonable response then is for there to be no recognition of
claims unless the TLD itself has shown itself to be a credible force
to be dealt with, which apparently at least one ICANN Board member
thought IOD had done with .web.

-- 
Best regards,
William X Walsh
mailto:william@userfriendly.com
Owner, Userfriendly.com
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