Re: Your cards...

[Christopher Ambler <chris@iodesign.com>]

> At a bof several months ago Bill Manning asked the audiance if they knew
> what a TLD was, 3 of about 70 did. The croud was composed of some of
> Silicon Valley's best SysAdmins, ISP opperatort et. al. The issues
> about new iTLDs are not well published and I would say only a very few
> people knew about submiting an appl to IANA.

Rick, there are many business opportunities that are taken only by those
who have the knowledge of the technical aspects of the opportunities.

> I can't comprehend that this issue is not more publicised but it has not
> been, it is discussed only on a few lists and by a very small number of people.

And who's fault is this? Posts were made to Usenet, and this has been in the
media quite a bit. What more do you want? Those who are interested are
participating. To demand that those of us working towards creating a registry
must sit on our hands and forgo any claims in order to wait for more people
to join in the procedure is beyond unfair.

> I would expect that *MANY* organizations apply to run a iTLD
> once an acceptable procedure of applying to run a TLD is established.

Absolutely. We look forward to the competition. The process is underway, and
I would love to see plenty of registries. Competition keeps us on our toes.

> IMHO, just sining ".WEB is mine" to the chior, doesnt make your song
> a top 40 hit. Alot of other folks are going to have to buy it too.

Please, Rick, we're doing no such thing. We *asked* for .WEB, were told okay,
and have developed it. We are now trying very hard to work with the IAHC to
go through channels like everyone else. Just because some applied before the
procedure is complete is no reason to penalize those with foresight.

As much as it seems to be a dirty word around here, that's just business!

--
Christopher Ambler
President, Image Online Design, Inc.