Re: ICANN to allow commercial gTLDs

[Zaid Ali <zaid () zaidali com>]

On Jun 17, 2011, at 2:54 PM, Benson Schliesser wrote:

> On Jun 17, 2011, at 4:21 PM, David Conrad wrote:
>
> > On Jun 17, 2011, at 11:04 AM, Jay Ashworth wrote:
> > > Aw, Jeezus.
> > >
> > > No.  Just, no.
> > >
> > > http://tech.slashdot.org/story/11/06/17/202245/
> >
> > You just learned about this now?
>
> On a related topic, the US DoJ recently wrote a letter suggesting that DNS registry/registrar vertical integration 
> might not be a good idea (from an anti-trust perspective).
>
> http://www.icann.org/en/correspondence/strickling-to-dengate-thrush-16jun11-en.pdf
>
> Cheers,
> -Benson


And before that, a need for a comprehensive economic study http://forum.icann.org/lists/5gtld-guide/msg00013.html

See a pattern?

Zaid