Re: [wg-c] Commission Working paper on the creation of .EU

["William X. Walsh" <william@dso.net>]

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On 04-Feb-2000 Kent Crispin wrote:
> On Thu, Feb 03, 2000 at 03:44:45PM -0800, William X. Walsh wrote:
> [...]
>> I also think that Milton has it spot on.  There is absolutely NO
>> reason why the European Union proposal should be considered as ANY
>> different from any new TLD, and subject to all of the processes that are
>> being developed for same. 
> 
> Processes that are not being developed, you mean.
> 
> In my opinion anyone that supports new TLDs in ANY form should support 
> the .eu proposal.  It should be clear to anyone paying attention that 
> if processes are being developed it is happening at such a slow rate 
> that it isn't visible to the naked eye.  The gears are completely 
> stuck, and we need movement to get them unstuck.  You should not think 
> of the .eu proposal as the enemy; you should think of it as something 
> flushing through that may unblock the stoppage.  Umm.  Interesting 
> metaphor. 
> 
> But seriously -- it may take something with the political force of the EU 
> to get *ANY* TLD through the system.

The problem with ANY attempt like this one happening in the fashion it is, is
that this becomes the ONLY way TLDs get in the root.

And that is why it must be opposed.

Not the concept, the methodology.  EU should instead be promoting the
furtherance of the process for creating new TLDs.

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