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

[Dave Crocker <dcrocker@brandenburg.com>]

At 12:39 AM 4/10/00 -0400, Jonathan Weinberg wrote:
>         6. As a general matter, new TLDs should be designed to serve
>non-English-speaking as well as English-speaking communities.  As


Jonathan,

This is an excellent example of a very well-intentioned rule that will 
likely, instead, have ill-effect.

Essentially it mandates that new names be non-english and then asks for an 
effort to go off an study the issue further. That guarantees more, 
open-ended delay before we get ANY new gTLDs.

No, that is not the intention of the rule.  Yes, the rule is trying to do a 
Good Thing.

But remember the political environment this activity is suffering 
from.  The rule will be used as one more excuse for delay.

d/

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