Re: [wg-c] SV: Consensus and compromises...

[werner@axone.ch (Werner Staub)]

Kevin,

Let me try: A testbed provides a meaningful demonstration of
 - how long and hard it is prepare, complete and evaluate the testbed
 - how easily a dominant player can capture and and deform it.
 
But I guess the NSI shared registry testbed has already demonstrated
that...

Regards,
 
Werner




"Kevin J. Connolly" wrote:
> 
> Does anyone really think that floating test TLDs that have no semantic
> content at all is a meaningful test of anything?  There are at least some
> potential applicants for SLD names whose interest is a function of the
> differentiation of the name space.  If all we're doing is creating room for
> new SLDs which are as indistinguishable from the existing sets as
> 800, 888, and 877 phone numbers are from each other, then the exercise
> has been a waste of time and we should own up to it.
> 
> KJC
> 
> >>> "Ross Wm. Rader" <ross@ebarn.com> 09/14/99 11:51AM >>>
> Exactly - or something like .tucows - which I'm not advocating as there are
> IP issues associated with that particular name, but the point is that there
> are bazillions of gTLDs that can be used to test on without affecting the
> competitive landscape one iota. Maybe .rader would be a better example, or
> .test1, .test2 etc. Moving from the test tld to a real one can't be that
> difficult no matter how you slice it.
> 
> {snip}
> 
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