Re: Monopoly/Ologopoly

[Alan Sullivan <sully@frontiernet.net>]

Hank Nussbacher wrote:
> 
> At 11:24 PM 12/23/96 PST, Christopher Ambler wrote:
> >>Quoting the document:
> >>
> >>   These new gTLD's will consist of letter strings of three to
> >>   five letters each. IAHC has also decided that each gTLD
> >>   should have general, contextual meaning, i.e. the gTLD
> >>   should suggest a connection with the Internet, with business
> >>   or with personal uses.
> >>
> >>My personal judgement is that .MEDICAL doesn't fit the criteria in
> >>several respects.
> >
> >Why is the IAHC choosing the new gTLDs in the first place? This makes
> >no sense in that they have no financial stake in those gTLDs. The
> >registrars are the ones who will have to develop, market and sell
> >the gTLDs, shouldn't the registrars select them?
> 
> Taking a fediciary responsibility for the Internet, I would prefer that
> there be some sense and logic to the name structure.  I am not in favor
> of .hank or even .www.  5 years ago we would all be clamoring for a
> .gopher TLD.  10 years from now there will most probably be some technology
> that make the name WWW or WEB obsolete.  Instead, I prefer names that will
> work    for a long time like synonyms for commercial, personal, home,
> network, etc.
> 
> Marketing and selling gTLDs is not our only concern.  We have to think of
> human engineering and how people will be able to conceptualize the gTLDs.
> 
> >
> >Frankly, and I believe I speak for many, the IAHC is allocating
> >MUCH TOO MUCH decision-making and power to itself. Scale this back
> >a bit. The IAHC is supposed to decide the POLICIES AND PROCEDURES
> >for this, not make business decisions and selections for the registrars.
> >
> >--
> >Christopher Ambler
> >President, Image Online Design, Inc.
> >
> >
> Hank Nussbacher
> IAHC member
> [The views expressed above are the authors alone and may not reflect
> the view of other IAHC members]
Hi Hank,
Yes - we will probably create anachronous names - but so what?
Why is this a problem?
Thanks,
Alan
-- 
Alan Sullivan
President
Top Domain Registry Inc.