RE: Shared domains

[Jim Browning <jfbb@atmnet.net>]

>From:  Bob Allisat[SMTP:tor@wtv.net]
>Sent:  Tuesday, November 19, 1996 7:46 AM
>
>>John R Levine wrote:
>>I have a sneaking suspicion that the people will after all the smoke has
>>settled decide that they still all want to be in .COM for utterly
>>non-technical reasons, and they still have big problems with the monopoly
>>registry for .COM. Then what?
>
> They will be, unfortunately, SOL.
> I suspect a lot more sexy domains
> will come onstream and at lower
> prices than Internic currently
> gourges. Examples .INC, .CORP etc.

The current fees are not significant enough to be a barrier to even those 
who have decided to horde domains, let alone the average company with one 
or two domains.  Without a reasonable way to lookup a domain, .COM will 
remain the venue of choice.  In today's environment, how many people would 
seriously consider adopting a new company name if it was already taken in 
.COM?  I wouldn't.  That is, unless I was able to obtain a US Trademark, 
and knew that the owner of the domain did not have a valid trademark from 
another country...   ;-)
--
Jim Browning