Re: First come/First served

[David Collier-Brown <davecb@Canada.Sun.COM>]

Ray Panko wrote:
> 
> While first-come/first-served is fair in many senses, it
> would not avoid the big problem that we face in domain
> naming today.  This problem is that names are extremely
> important assets of organizations. 

  I would suggest breaking down the problem differently: I'd
suggest that first-come, first-served is fair
	** within a specific and limited set **

  For example, it is fair if all the registries competing 
for a particular job are above some basic level of competance.
  Similarly, FCFS is fair for companies competing for a real
trademark, where real implies ``in particular place'' and
``within a particular industry''.

  It is neither fair nor unfair when dealing with names which
suggest one another, as in Duke.EDU and DukeU.com... the problem
there appears to be improper categories. In that case, the 
DukeU.com name is deliberately mimicing the .edu name.
  When thy do not mimic one another, the problem is much less:
Gene Denzel of York is quoted as saying the there is no real problem
with confusing York.COM (a refrigeration company) and YorkU.CA.
Instead, as you say, the problem lies with York Refrigeration (tm) and 
York Carpet Cleaning (tm) both wishing York.COM.

  I don't thinks that FCFS is sufficient, but I do think it is
fair when used as a tie-breaker between otrherwise comparable
entities.

--dave
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