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Re: Waiting for Santa Claus? Privatize TLD's but *CHARGE* registrars for it !


Greetings,

Excuse me if I am asking a previously answered question.

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On Thu, 24 Jul 1997, Benjamin Azevedo wrote:

> Waiting for Santa Claus?        Privatize TLD's but *CHARGE* for it !    

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> To be fair, I think we should allow them to make a special 
> pre-registration process, similar to an auction, where, before regular 
> registration is open, those wanting special names would place bids on 
> their choice names.

> In this preliminary step, names would be *sold* by the highest bid. 
> We may even decide between open electronic auction or "blind" proposals, 
> nobody know other bids.

Who recieves the windfall profits of the bidding process?


Patrick J. Chicas
<pjc@digisle.net>