Shared TLD's? No, KISS (was_Re: Conflict resolution?)

[tor@wtv.net (Bob Allisat)]

Rick H. Wesson wrote:
>A shared regestry would be vastly more complex than a regular domain
>allocator. The shared regestry would have all the applications funneled
>into it. It would have to be staffed 24x7 and have a sizeable amount
>of network resources (storage, cpu, badwith)

 Exactly the reason this idea
 of shared pr non-exclusive TLD's
 floundered. It leads to greater
 centralization, more dependance
 on large entities and is contrary
 to the basic driving principles
 behind the Internet. Which are
 (IMHO) simplicity, decentralization,
 redundancy and so on.

                             Bob Allisat

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