Re:(Newbie Query)

[Bob Allisat <bob@wtv.net>]

Stephen Cole wrote:
> But what about if we pre-register under .shop on the gTLD system? The only
> thing is that there seem to be about 85 registrars offering pre-registration
> and some of them for an upfront fee. Fair enough, but I get the feeling from
> the stuff I've been hearing on this list that it's not certain that this
> gTLD thing will get up. Is this so?

 You will be giving your money to a
 company which cannot register anything
 at the present time. Not only that the
 entire scheme has no international or
 national governmental approval, represents
 the narrow interests of a handful of
 companies and is in the middle of a huge
 controversy. Anyone who is fool enough
 to drop their hard earned cash into such
 a situation probably has too much of it
 anyways. Don't say you weren't warned.

 Remember as well that some 6,000 people
 have registered .WEB domains with IODesign's
 registry before you. And that numerous .ART
 registrations have occured as well. You stand
 a good chance of losing your money. CORE is
 no more or no less a legitimate Domain Name
 Registry than is IODesign, Alternic or any
 of the others.

 TeleVirtually Yours,

 Bob Allisat

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