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Re: what problem are we solving? (was Re: ICANN opens up Pandora's Box of new TLDs)
From: Randy Bush <randy () psg com>
Date: Sat, 28 Jun 2008 04:23:53 +0900
realistically, I figure there aren't many other ways in which additional opportunities for competition can be created.Allowing anyone to register a TLD is one, but I do agree it's not necessarily a trivial model.
we have two tools with which to build scale, distribution and hierarchy. this goes against both, though maybe the latter a bit more than the former. this is one of those where the short term business/political gain trumps the long term pain it can cause. we're not very good at this kind of trade-off because we discount future pain very very heavily. and you gotta love the spin that excess pain will be damped by the very high fee. i wonder how much of it will go to where the pain is actually felt, the root servers. randy
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