Re: Is stuttering the price to pay?

[bmanning@ISI.EDU (Bill Manning)]

> 
> On Fri, 27 Dec 1996, Werner Staub wrote:
> 
> > Originally, the creation of new top level domains was 
> > about making them smarter and more flexible. But now:
> > 
> > - Why ".tm.int" when it can be ".tm"? 
> 
> tm from a global perspective will have to be run by some sort of
> International TM authority.  Therefore it makes sense to put it under
> .int.
> 
	.TM has the added property of being in the ISO 3166 list.

	The other points wrt schema mgmt in downstream delegations
	is interesting and points out that diversity is a fine thing,
	and methods that promote diversity are good.

	It is a measure of the flexability of the way DNS is managed
	that allows for .US to have a different schema than .UK or .JP
	and to try and retro-fit one into the other seems pointless.

	I would hope that the IAHC would recognize this and carry forward
	with a plan to define a process for creating new gTLDs and not
	focus on micro-managment of subdelegations.

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--bill