Re: Why ICANN should think (Re: Re[2]: [ga-roots] RE: [ga] Can you give me some arguments, why is it a bad idea?)

[Jeff Williams <jwkckid1@ix.netcom.com>]

WXW and all,

William X. Walsh wrote:

> Hello Marc,
>
> Friday, June 01, 2001, 5:45:22 PM, Marc Schneiders wrote:
>
> > On Fri, 1 Jun 2001, at 17:18 [=GMT-0700], William X. Walsh wrote:
> >> Friday, June 01, 2001, 6:33:46 AM, Bruce James wrote:
> >>
> >> > ""another root "" Would be asking for trouble from the other Alternate
> >> > Roots. The whole idea is to come to an "understanding" with the Alternate
> >> > Roots so we can co-exist.
> >>
> >> The alternative roots are in competition with each other, Bruce.
>
> > Are they really 'at large'? Some may be. Most are not, and if
> > they are, it has nothing to do with making money, this
> > competition. There is a lot of work on the way moreover to get rid of
> > the very few colliding TLDs.
>
> No one said it had to be about money.

  True.  However money plays a critical role, none the less...

>
>
> >> There is no reason for competitive root systems to come to any
> >> accommodation with competitors, unless they gain something from the
> >> relationship.
>
> > Stability, stability, stability?
>
> ICANN has that without the alt.roots.  ICANN has that by completely
> ignoring them.

  ICANN has NOTHING.  I think you mean the USG here.  None the less
stability is threatened should the launching of .INFO and .BIZ go forward in
that there is already a registry in operation for both of these potential
new gTLD's in the USG/Legacy Roots.  As such, collisions will undoubtedly
occur at some point in time.  THAT IS a stability issue!

>
>
> The reason is because collectively even they don't have enough
> visibility or use that if they were closed down completely tomorrow it
> would be a serious enough incident to threaten any kind of stability.

  True if they were to shut down.  But that is really not the real issue.
The issue is that the ICANN BoD has recommended to the DOC/NTIA
a potential stability threatening situation with .BIZ and .INFO if the
already existing registries for these two gTLD's continue in operation,
of if the USG/Legacy Roots have them entered.

>
>
> > Did I just hear that the ccTLDs want 3 board seats? Things are
> > moving. It might get messy.
>
> Don't assume too much.  :)

  Don't ignore too much either...  >;)

>
>
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