ICANN opens up Pandora's Box of new TLDs

Fri Jun 27 00:28:24 UTC 2008

Followed by .bites 

And .rules and .rules

And so the DNS descends into anarchy, and search engines become more
empowered.

Cacophony merely empowers those who control the amp.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Marshall Eubanks [mailto:tme at multicasttech.com] 
> Sent: Thursday, June 26, 2008 5:20 PM
> To: Jeff Shultz
> Cc: NANOG list
> Subject: Re: ICANN opens up Pandora's Box of new TLDs
> 
> I see an auction  on that one.
> 
> Marshall
> 
> On Jun 26, 2008, at 7:56 PM, Jeff Shultz wrote:
> 
> > Owen DeLong wrote:
> >
> >> Whether some choose to do that or not, I believe that the point is
> >> that:
> >> 1.    Nobody is FORCING them to do so.
> >> 2.    Most are _NOT_ doing so.
> >> 3.    It is somewhat anti-social to do so, but, that has rarely  
> >> been a
> >>    constraint on corporate greed, especially amongst the 
> Intelectual
> >>    Property crowd.
> >> Owen
> >
> > On that note, it will be very interesting to see who manages to 
> > register the *.sucks TLD, and what they do with it.
> >
> > --
> > Jeff Shultz
> >
> 
> 
> 