Re: [FYI] Shared Top Level Domain Mailing List Info

["David R. Conrad" <davidc@apnic.net>]

Bob,

>Sorry, the topic is dead and the issue shelved IMHO.

You opinion would not seem to correspond to most others, but that is
your perogative.

> There is no functioning shared TLD anywhere on earth. 

You are sure of this?

> There is not even a functioning model of 
> ten (or a hundred) geographically dispersed servers actually doing
> demonstration DNS registrations.

While I am unaware of such a system specifically for DNS (if it does
not exist, it is likely this is due to the lack of perceived need
until recently), I would note that the more general model of a central
administrator for a shared resource being provided in a highly time
critical situation exists, namely airline reservations as well as a
less time critical model, namely the allocation of 800/888 numbers.

Why do you believe the allocation of domain names is any more complex
than either of these situations?

Regards,
-drc