Re: 60 day waiting period

[Karl Denninger <karl@Mcs.Net>]

> 
> 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.

Prove it.

Go get declaratory statements from all 180-odd court national court systems
which supposedly would "pay heed" to this.

With all due respect, Carl, you're blowing smoke.  You have absolutely no
basis for your position on this other than your beliefs.  Which, when you
consider disrupting the business activities of *hundreds of thousands of
firms*, isn't enough .

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