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Re: what problem are we solving? (was Re: ICANN opens up Pandora's Box of new TLDs)
From: "Jay R. Ashworth" <jra () baylink com>
Date: Fri, 27 Jun 2008 15:46:11 -0400
On Fri, Jun 27, 2008 at 12:23:28PM -0700, Scott Francis wrote:
that's exactly my point! it's _not_ reliable, but it's the behavior that the average user has come to expect. If we can't even guarantee reliability with the small handful of TLDs currently in use, when we start introducing arbitrary new ones to anybody that can pay, I'm concerned that it's going to make user support even more of a headache (for those of us unfortunate enough to be involved in that role, professionally or personally :))
That sounds like the "gun control will reduce gun crime" argument, to me. :-) If there are enough *widely used* (generic) TLDs, then *people will stop believing that ".com is the 'real' domain" (wasn't that Verisign's sales pitch, once upon a time?). Cheers -- jra -- Jay R. Ashworth jra () baylink com Designer +-Internetworking------+---------+ RFC 2100 Ashworth & Associates | Best Practices Wiki | | '87 e24 St Petersburg FL USA +-http://bestpractices.wikia.com-+ +1 727 647 1274 If you can read this... thank a system administrator. Or two. --me
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- Re: what problem are we solving? (was Re: ICANN opens up Pandora's Box of new TLDs) Eric Brunner-Williams (Jun 29)
- Re: what problem are we solving? (was Re: ICANN opens up Pandora's Box of new TLDs) Jean-François Mezei (Jun 27)
- Re: what problem are we solving? (was Re: ICANN opens up Pandora's Box of new TLDs) Valdis . Kletnieks (Jun 27)
- Re: what problem are we solving? (was Re: ICANN opens up Pandora's Box of new TLDs) Jean-François Mezei (Jun 27)
- Re: what problem are we solving? (was Re: ICANN opens up Pandora's Box of new TLDs) David Conrad (Jun 28)
- Re: what problem are we solving? (was Re: ICANN opens up Pandora's Box of new TLDs) Jay R. Ashworth (Jun 30)
- Re: what problem are we solving? (was Re: ICANN opens up Pandora's Box of new TLDs) Roland Perry (Jun 27)
- Re: what problem are we solving? (was Re: ICANN opens up Pandora's Box of new TLDs) Scott Francis (Jun 27)
- RE: what problem are we solving? (was Re: ICANN opens up Pandora'sBox of new TLDs) Matthew Huff (Jun 27)
- Re: what problem are we solving? (was Re: ICANN opens up Pandora's Box of new TLDs) Jay R. Ashworth (Jun 27)
- Re: what problem are we solving? (was Re: ICANN opens up Pandora's Box of new TLDs) David Conrad (Jun 27)
- Re: what problem are we solving? (was Re: ICANN opens up Pandora's Box of new TLDs) Scott Francis (Jun 27)
- Re: what problem are we solving? (was Re: ICANN opens up Pandora's Box of new TLDs) David Conrad (Jun 27)
- RE: what problem are we solving? (was Re: ICANN opens up Pandora'sBox of David Schwartz (Jun 28)
- Re: what problem are we solving? (was Re: ICANN opens up Pandora'sBox of Joe Greco (Jun 28)
- Re: what problem are we solving? (was Re: ICANN opens up Pandora'sBox of Peter Beckman (Jun 29)
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