RE: [wg-c] Re: your mail

["Christopher Ambler" <cambler@iodesign.com>]

I cannot see a situation where the current 8-year contract that NSI
has could be broken, nor can I see a situation in which it would be
proper.

Put .org and .net aside, and create new registries that get the same
treatment as .com and give .com some serious competition.

Give each new registry 1 TLD to start as a testbed, prove that it
works and is not harmful to the Internet (gee, I can't believe I
said that, according to someone else I don't care about that).

Once the testbed is over, offer new registries positions in up to
3 TLDs if you like to create equality. Frankly, I don't see that
as making much sense, but what do I know? 

-- 
Christopher Ambler
chris@the.web


-----Original Message-----
From: owner-wg-c@dnso.org [mailto:owner-wg-c@dnso.org]On Behalf Of Karl
Auerbach
Sent: Saturday, March 18, 2000 9:46 PM
To: Cade,Marilyn S - LGA
Cc: wgc
Subject: RE: [wg-c] Re: your mail



> Should we also be talking about spinning .net and .org out into separate
> registries? That would present new business opportunities to operate and
> market names in these gTLDs.

To me it makes sense.  And it comports with the principle that I sugested
the other day that anyone running a DNS service under the ICANN franchise
root be constrained to but one TLD offering.

Bill Semich suggested a counter concern, that of economies of scale.  And
that's a legitimate concern.  To my mind, we probably ought to be more
interested in mechanisms that encourage imaginative new ideas rather than
saving a few back office cycles.

However, I'm not sure how such diversity would help solve the kidsonline
situtuation.

		--karl--