Re: Shared vs. Exclusive

[Hank Nussbacher <hank@ibm.net.il>]

On Thu, 21 Nov 1996, Aveek Datta wrote:

> Excerpts from newdom: 21-Nov-96 Re: Shared vs. Exclusive by Hank
> Nussbacher@ibm.net. 
> > I support the idea and have no money on the line.  Reasons:
> >  
> > a) The Shared Top Level Domain Working at Higgs is about a year away from
> > completing its draftRFC, having it accepted as an RFC and having
> > all the software up and running to have an operational shared TLD.  In
> > order to eliminate "exclusive' TLDs, Higgs and crew have to complete
> > their work.  In the interim, we need exclusive TLDs.
> 
> Suppose a different group of people gets the shared domain model to work.
> Not just theory, but actual implementation. However, these people, not being
> domain name squatters, will use a bunch of second level domains. If this was
> working and you saw it, would you change your mind?

In a second! :-)

> 
> Aveek Datta
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Hank Nussbacher
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