Re: [ga] new TLDs

[Simon Higgs <simon@higgs.com>]

At 11:26 PM 8/31/00 -0400, Attyross@aol.com wrote:

Thanks for sharing Otho. This is old news. And it doesn't have to happen 
this way.

May I point out that the get-rich-quick crowd (CORE demonstrated this 
mentality to us in 1997) subscribe to this doctrine. Others, like myself, 
who have more concern for the stability of the internet, know how to 
introduce new TLDs without the land rush.

The problem is we don't know if ICANN is serious this time around (this is 
the third time around for me), or whether it's just a money raising 
exercise @ $50,000 per application with no guarantees, while selling out to 
special interests behind the scenes.

The amount of money is much less important than the stability of the 
application process. Without some kind of assurance, the application 
process can only be perceived as unstable.

>OK.  I rarely post to this list, but I have something to say.
>I have received several emails recently that basically said
>everybody will immediately register everything in any new TLD
>that is put up.  I don't know if this is good or not.  Yes, I am
>in the IP group, but I am independent and I thought I should
>share this observation.
>Otho Ross


Best Regards,

Simon Higgs

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