On 04/12/2013 04:10 PM, Scott Weeks wrote:
On 4/11/13, Oliver Garraux <oli...@g.garraux.net> wrote:
The whole custom TLD thing is just a truly awful, awful idea.
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From: Jimmy Hess <mysi...@gmail.com>
Agreed; but it would seem that unstoppable forces have been set into
motion by ICANN, to cause it to happen, regardless of whether it is
beneficial to the community, and regardless of any objections from the
public...
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I believe that unstoppable force is called the want of money.
The ICANN board, and to some extent the staff, rather vigorously opposed
the further expansion of the TLD space after what can only charitably be
described as the modest success of the 2000 round names (of which INFO
was the only standout of the seven, and the only one which continues to
hold its own).
However, the pressure from the community was overwhelming to open up the
process again, and continued unabated from a time even before the 2000
round was closed. Whatever criticisms you can lay at the feet of ICANN,
especially in recent years, "greed for new TLDs" is not one of them.
Disclaimer, I followed the ICANN process closely from the beginning, and
was a founding member of the SSAC from 2001 until I joined the staff in
2003. I left the ICANN staff in 2005, but remain deeply interested in
what it does, and how it does it.
Doug
