Re: Profit Motive

[Jeff Williams <jwkckid1@ix.netcom.com>]

Leo,

  Please read below your comments.

Leo Smith wrote:
> 
> Vince wrote to Leo Smith... that (Leo Smith) had immediately taken up
> the position that the TLD grabbers should be allowed to monopolize what
> should be considered a public trust.
> 
> To which Leo Smith replies:
> Vince...
> My First introduction to the registry question was back in August, when jon
> postel formulated his initial draft. I followed his update in October. His
> draft espoused the notion of an exclusive license to each registry for 3
> gTLDs. That draft made a lot of sense. Somehow, IAHC came out with
> something completely opposite postel's draft...the idea of shared gTLDs,
> with no registry having any exclusive license.
> 
> >From a business point of view...the operation of a successful, for profit
> registry, requires some assurance of market value and marketshare prior to
> committing investment capital. Right now we have no idea what 7 gTLDs are
> at play, so we have no way of quantifying market value. With exclusive
> registries, at least some marketshare is ensured...to the degree that a
> market for the gTLD exists.
> 
> Under jon postel's draft, I see an opportunity to make money ...is that OK?

  I think that you make a very good point here.  If a registry does
not have a reasonable idea of weather it can make a profit in this
operation PRIOR to filing, than there is not point in doing so.  
If that is predicated on shared/non-shared TLD's, or some mix and
having some say so as to what those TLD's will be, than this 
whold experiment is going to falter at some point.  When it does
the possibility of law suites will be greatly be inhanced.  I would
not like to see that happen.  In addition ALL users will suffer
to a great degree, folks will lose their jobs, and the Internet 
will lose creditibility, which I doubt it could ever regain.

Regards,

-- 
Jeffrey A. Williams
DIR. Internet Network Eng/SR. Java Development Eng.
Information Eng. Group. 
Phone :972-447-1878
E-Mail jwkckid1@ix.netcom.com