RE: [ga] New TLD White Paper released

[Karl Auerbach <karl@CaveBear.com>]

On Thu, 20 Mar 2003, Steven Heath wrote:

> What right did these companies have to operate their own TLD's and/or
> alternative root(s)?

They had and have exactly the same right as did the folks who run the 
dominant root.

By-the-way, we're not talking necessarily about the small competitive
roots that have been around for a while (and which I have been sucessfully 
using for over 5 years.)

Entire countries, Taiwan being a primary example, have established their
own root systems.  (Considering that they have their own root, it is kinda
ironic that ICANN just this week entered into a a ccTLD agreement with 
.tw.)

		--karl--


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