Re: Who really benefits from 60-day period?

[Carl Oppedahl <carl@oppedahl.com>]

At 01:41 PM 01/08/97 -0500, Vince Wolodkin wrote:

>In other words we protect ourselves.  Now, the internet is a fast paced
>place.  Time to market is everything.  Entire products here have gone
>from inspiration to fully functional website with advertisers or
>advertiser sponsorship or user fees or whatever in well less than 60
>days.
>
>In fact, during much of the development of a product the name has not
>yet been determined.  Once determined, we do what we can to protect
>ourselves and would defend ourselves as necessary in court, but it would
>in the end be a business decision.  My point is, 60 days is far to long
>to wait for a domain name. As we say here, 60 days is nearly 2 whole
>"web years".  That's how fast things develop out on the net these days. 
>Slow companies get beaten to market.  

So what's wrong with a third-level or fourth-level domain?  You can set
that up instantly.