Re: 60 day waiting period

[Carl Oppedahl <carl@oppedahl.com>]

At 06:52 PM 01/12/97 -0700, Terry O'Neill wrote:
>
>As a web presence provider, my company is adamantly opposed to a 60 day
>waiting period for domain names. 
>
>The 60 day policy means that the minimum implementation time for a website
>with an xxxx.yyy domain name is 60 days, strictly because of the 60 day
>policy, regardless of our capability to complete all other phases of
>development much more quickly.

[other arguments omitted]

Why fixate on the first 60 days of the life of a domain name?  Why not
think instead of the subsequent five years?  With the 60-day period in
place, a domain name that survives the 60-day period is much more likely to
survive the subsequent five years.