[At-Large] New gTLDs

[Bret Fausett]

Until Encirca, a registrar, starting selling .PRO names to anyone who  
wanted one, I was very happy with my .PRO address (as evidenced by  
this email). I would still be a fan of the TLD if it returned to its  
original purpose, which was to issue registrations only to verified,  
credentialed professionals.

On Jul 6, 2007, at 8:16 AM, John L wrote:

>> It depends on how you measure success. .CAT only has 20'000 names,  
>> yet it is
>> a success.
>
> Ah, right, I forgot about .CAT.  You're right, it's not the raw  
> size, it's
> the extent to which the intended community uses it.  But I still  
> don't see
> the beauty contest as an effective way to pick winners since it's  
> about 3
> for 12 at this point.  A lottery would probably do as well, at much  
> lower
> cost.
>
> Regards,
> John Levine, johnl at iecc.com, Primary Perpetrator of "The Internet  
> for Dummies",
> Information Superhighwayman wanna-be, http://www.johnlevine.com, ex- 
> Mayor
> "More Wiener schnitzel, please", said Tom, revealingly.
>
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