[wg-c] Re: your mail

[Rick H Wesson <wessorh@ar.com>]

tim,

we are talking about gTLDs and .mil, .edu and .gov are historic TLDs and
are chartered but not generic.

could you think of a reason that a generic TLD should be chartered and run
by a monopoly. Its hard from me to understand why we would take 2 steps
back and create more situations which have taken more than 4 years to
resolve. The NSI monopoly of the .com .net and .org gTLDs is exactly what
I thought we were to avoid.

could you make some proposals of a chartered gTLD and explain why it
should not be "shaired" and how a large portion of internet users would
benifit if it were created?

thanks,

-rick

On Fri, 17 Mar 2000, T Vienneau wrote:

> Rick,
> 
> I didn't require the chartered gTLD to be monopoly, I just said it should
> be possible within the scope of the application criteria.
> 
> That said, I believe a monopoly or oligopoly have a more realistic chance
> of providing meaningful enforcement of a restrictive charter, for example
> .mil
> 
> Tim
>