RE: [wg-c] Choosing the intial testbed

[Patrick Greenwell <patrick@stealthgeeks.net>]

On Tue, 21 Mar 2000, William X. Walsh wrote:

> This whole thing is based on the supposition that the top level domains should
> be selected independent of the registry applications.  I think that an
> application process should be created, the applications include the TLD
> proposal, and each application is considered on its merits. This is really the
> only fair way of doing it.

The only "fair way" to do it is to ask the Internet community what TLDs
they want, and act accordingly. Anything else subjects everyone to another
arbitrary and capricious set of decisions made by the ICANN board. 


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