Re: New TLDs and Registry charters

[rick@yujean.com (Net Sales)]

Dave Crocker writes:
>        That leads me to view the issue simply as one of statistical
>collisions.  Some strings have more people seeking them than do others.
>The solution to collisions for a scarce resource are well known:  Add more
>resources or reduce the demand.  The latter requires having requests
>retargeted to other strings.  This is exactly what we are all now finding
>problematic.  If you are the Foo Express Company, then you typically want
>foo.com, rather than foo-exepress.com. But the Foo Communications company
>beat you to it.  Adding more resources, by virtue of more iTLDs, becomes
>the appealing path.
>
>        But it only works if we add enough alternatives, relative to the
>demand.  If 100,000 organizations seek to use the string 'acme' and we only
>create 10 itlds, we have not done anything useful to remedy the problem.
>So, how many will it take, for dealing with a global "collision space"?
>And mediating that answer is a concern for operational safety, making
>changes incrementally and carefully.  I.e., it would probably not be
>operationally responsible to instantly create thousands of iTLDs, even if
>it IS reasonable soon or eventually.

i speak only as a mildly technically included businessperson, who is a bit
lost on this list, learning alot (and guessing acronymns), but very
interested in the contents.

for a business, the advantage of having your name.com is for ease of use
for your customers and/or stakeholders.  knowing i wish to contact ibm, i
guess at ibm.com, and voila, i get ibm.  if i have to guess whether it is
ibm.com, or ibm.biz, or ibm.us.com, or ibm.ser, or whatever, then i don't
find it easily.

if i want foo express, and hit foo communications, and if i know foo
express is a small company, with a struggling owner, i might assume they
are out of business.  a dumb assumption perhaps, but i find the public
makes worse everyday.

this is my argument for equal footing for all businesses, whether or not
their trademarks overlap, whether or not they 'arrived' first (type
apple.com, you don't hit apple records), whether or not they can afford a
court fight.  use something equally useful for all, giving advantage to
neither richer, or first, or more technically inclined.  go strictly for a
numbering system, similiar to the phone system.  everybody equal, promote
your address yourself, no assumptions by an unknowing public.  (and an
opportunity for enterprising businesses to run directory services similiar
to the white pages, listing all and supported by ad revenue).

if there is a demand for non-business use for mnemonic names, then that
could be set up; banning business use would release the trademark issue,
and appeal to the vanity of individuals.

one personal gripe-i detect some anti-business biasis on this list; the
internet is becoming a global system, used by all, whether techie,
business, student or whatever.  i expect to see my mother, butcher, and kid
all using it soon.  businesses are a legimate stakeholder in the debate,
and an important one in the community; most of these messages are passed
around on machines made by different businesses.  my business is not in the
computer industry; we use computers as a tool, much as my grandfather used
his paintbrush.

rick cricow

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