Re: [wg-c] S/K principles [Was: Working Group C agenda]

["Bret A. Fausett" <baf@fausett.com>]

At 11:09 AM 04/05/2000 -0700, you wrote:
> >For example, the principles would suggest that you don't add a ".biz" as an
> >open gTLD when you have a ".com." They would, however, allow the selection
> >of a ".biz" as a chartered gTLD in which only, say, publicly traded
> >companies could register.
>
>Why? In this case, I would rename the principles, the "Network Solutions
>Corporate Protection Act of 2000."

As further exposition, not defense, of the S/K principles, I read them to 
allow .web as an open gTLD.

The reason .web differs from .biz is that "business" and "commercial" are 
virtually interchangeable, unless you take some affirmative step (via a 
charter) to differentiate them.

"web" and "commercial" are not easily confused.

Amazon.biz and Amazon.com -- if registered by separate companies -- might 
too easily confuse the user community.

Amazon.web and Amazon.com, each with a distinct registrant, are much easier 
to envision coexisting in the same space without user confusion.

That's my casual attempt to apply the principles. Others may have a 
different understanding of what they are meant to do or how they would be 
applied.

            -- Bret
               (my second and last for the day)