On Jun 17, 2011, at 5:33 PM, Jay Ashworth wrote: > ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "John Levine" <jo...@iecc.com> > >> I happen to agree that adding vast numbers of new TLDs is a terrible >> idea more for administrative and social than technical reasons, but >> this is the first you've heard about it, you really haven't been >> paying attention. > > John, yes, I've been paying attention to the TLD space since Chris Ambler > *first* put in his .web proposal -- what is that; 15 years now? 20? > > This is the first I've heard of *the possibility of TLD registrars being > end-user internal/exclusive*. > > People have made jokes about company TLDs in the past, sure, but no, I > never heard any specific discussion about it actually happening; I invite > citations.
http://www.icann.org/en/topics/new-gtlds/consultation-outreach-en.htm > Cheers, > -- jra > -- > Jay R. Ashworth Baylink > j...@baylink.com > Designer The Things I Think RFC 2100 > Ashworth & Associates http://baylink.pitas.com 2000 Land Rover DII > St Petersburg FL USA http://photo.imageinc.us +1 727 647 1274 >
