Re: Shared domains

[Jean-Noel Frydman <jnf@france.com>]

At 09:58 AM 11/19/96 -0800, you wrote:
>
>Jean-Noel Frydman wrote:
>> 
>> At 08:42 AM 11/19/96 -0800, you wrote:
>> 
>> Well, I guess we're starting to come to a solution acceptable by all:
>> 
>> That there be a non-exclusive meta-registry shared by different companies
>> or run by a board, and different iTLD's run exclusively by the companies
>> that want to, and can, run the registries.
>> 
>
>I actually don't believe standalone monopoly registries  would be an
>effective solution.  What we are talking about for standalone monopoly
>registries is a license to steal.  

I agree with you on that point. We seem to forget that one of the main
reason this is such a heated debate is that the Internic is probably the
only company on the Internet that is profitable TODAY.

For some reason I have this vision of iTLD's and registries run like usenet
newsgroup: let each one decide what they want to do, how, etc... and let
the ISP's and market forces decide from which registries they get their
information. Actually, that way, there could be different .com registries.

Just a thought...

I know, it's crazy.

JNF