Re: Google Wants to Create a Dotless Domain Called "Search"..?

[joel jaeggli <joelja () bogus com>]

On 4/12/13 3:41 PM, Jimmy Hess wrote:
> On 4/11/13, Oliver Garraux <oliver () g garraux net> wrote:
>
> Agreed;  but it would seem that unstoppable forces have been set into
> motion by ICANN, to cause it to happen, regardless of whether it is
> beneficial to the community, and regardless of any objections from the
> public...
>
> Yes...  let a single organization own http://search
> No intrinsic bias here... no unfairness,  for a single organization to
> hold that name...
>
> Right...
Still riding high from their success with .mobi (disclaimer, I worked 
for Nokia at the time, it was a bad idea then, it's still a bad idea)...

It's entirely plausible that you're overselling the value of a gtld a bit.
> > The whole custom TLD thing is just a truly awful, awful idea.
> >
> > Oliver
> >
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> -JH