[At-Large] Updates to New gTLD Program Implementation and auctioning model.

[Michele Neylon :: Blacknight]

On 11 Aug 2008, at 12:22, John Levine wrote:
>> I already said when .xxx was on the table that IMHO there is no way  
>> that
>> you can get out of this mess without making subjective political
>> judgements on who "deserves better", or whether a string is "against
>> public policy", etc.
>
> No kidding.  On the other hand, the 2000 and 2004 applicants all got
> expert evaluations, which for the most part the board disregarded when
> deciding who to approve.  Isn't it nice to have the worst of both  
> worlds?

So who actually made the decision to not allow .xxx? Are we really  
expected to believe that it was the ICANN board without any US govt /  
pious interest group's intervention / influence?



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