Re: First come/First served

[Aveek Datta <MoNoLiTH+@CMU.EDU>]

Excerpts from newdom: 18-Nov-96 First come/First served by Dave
Crocker@brandenburg 
>         I've seen enough different constituencies support its use that I am
> personally inclined towards it.  Enough so as to toss back the challenge:
> If one does not approve of fc/fs, what then is proposed?

An open period of applications. Ie

 Day X: Applications for TLDs accepted.
 Day X + Y: Application period close.
 Day (Y + 1) - Z: All applications for a given top level domain are
   reviewed, and the one that is best suited to run the TLD is given the
   contract, rather than the guy who stayed up till 12:01 on Day X to
   send in his application from Podunk ISP.

Of course, there has to be some sort of rating system then... Possibly a
point based system where an ISP gets so many points for having this and
whoever gets the most point wins, and in case of ties, first come first
serve.



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