Re: Registries and iTLDs

[Michael Dillon <michael@memra.com>]

On Fri, 6 Dec 1996, Ron Fitzherbert wrote:

> What I would really like for someone to explain slowly and rationally to
> me (if the would be so kind) is why do we need any more iTLDs if not for
> profit reasons?  

You might want to read some of the resources linked on the page at
http://www.memra.com/ndbg.html to find out the background on the whole
iTLD issue. It has been discussed at several forums over the past two
years and several people have written papers about domain names.

> Would it not make more sense to go through the current
> process and straighten it out?

No.

> 90% of the people who currently have an iTLD would have to move to a ISO
> domain... yes, it would mean a whole lot of people are going to be a bit
> unhappy... but it would be (in my opinion) completely justifyable to do
> it.

No. It is never justifiable to disrupt the activity of millions of people
when there are alternatives available that are less disruptive. This kind
of "edict from the gods" will never happen.

> It has been done before (like the move from hosts to domains)

At the time there were less than 250,000 people using the Internet

> and it will
> happen again with IPng (heck, I *L*O*V*E* my IP address... and I don't
> think I should EVER have to change it!!!!!!!)

There is no guarantee that an IPng transition will ever happen on the
public Internet. We already have IPv4 NAT's and with IPv6 there are likely
to be similar tools available.

Michael Dillon                   -               Internet & ISP Consulting
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