Re: [wg-c] Geographically allocated names

["Siegfried Langenbach" <svl@nrw.net>]

Hallo,

I have to agree with Onno. I fail to see the logic having
- "international" TLDīs on one side
- divided by geo-regions.

siegfried

On 18 Jul 99, at 20:59, Onno Hovers wrote:

> In article <3791F579.A84386D8@syr.edu> Milton Mueller wrote:
> > One way to give the creation of new TLDs a more international flavor
> > is to use the world regions to allow registries from each region to
> > define and operate a certain number of names.
> 
> > For example, North America would be given 20 gTLDs that would be based
> > on English.
> 
> There already is a geographically allocated naming system: ccTLDs.
> Why would you reinvent the wheel? Do you think that there is
> anything wrong with the ccTLD system? You do know that for the
> ccTLD operators the current ccTLD system is a dogma?
> 
> Your proposal would require entire world regions to agree on gTLDs.
> World regions already have enough problems agreeing on more important
> things like trade, peace, etc.
> 
> Regards,
> -- 
> Onno Hovers (onno@surfer.xs4all.nl)
>