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Re: Re[2]: [ga-roots] How the sky might fall


On Tue, 5 Jun 2001, sergio.baccaglini wrote:

> Good points Patrick,
>     But the *technical coordination* body can loose its technical aspect if
> it has to decide about who has the chance to be a registry. As soon as a
> decision has to be made about who can be a registry there there is something
> more than tech matters.

With objective criteria, very little. Data escrow and posting a bond as
William suggested would seem to answers the "stability" issue that is
pointed to continuously as the reason heavy-handed regulation is
necessary.

> Consider for eg the fact that 100 applicants or more are in the next gTLD
> slection round. Each of 'em asks for say 2 TLDs. If all of them have the
> "effective escrow" you speak about, there would be at LEAST 200 new gTLDs.

And you can bet that there would be businesses created to serve that
particular market. When there is a need/desire, in a free market people
are motivated to provide solutions.

> Confusion at least for the consumers, maybe a company could get .pid and
> another one .pids. (Can you choose wich one has the right to be a registry?
> Both of 'em?)

Absolutely. Why is it the job of ICANN, you, or me to decide which one is
linguistically superior and should be allowed to go into business. Let
consumers decide. They are the ones that ultimately pay for it all.

> And what about multiple gTLDs requested by different companies? First
> come first served?.

How about *best* served, ala the New.net proposal?


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