[At-Large] Thoughts on Delaying New gTLDs

[JFC Morfin]

It is actually too sad that we cannot get out the 
ploutotechnocratical current ICANN spirit. The DNS is NOT a business.
ALAC should be here to best advise ICANN, not to make it believe it 
is the only solution in town when it is the leading erroneous one.
jfc

At 04:09 12/01/2009, Evan Leibovitch wrote:
>Bret Fausett wrote:
>> > The idea that there are tiny language groups hanging around saying "oh,
>> > if only we had a TLD then we would do all sorts of Internet stuff" is
>> > rather implausible.
>>
>>I'm not sure what you mean by "tiny language groups," but I had in 
>>mind languages like Chinese.
>I think John was referring to most of the entries at 
>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/.cym#Language_and_community
>
>In Paris I attended a reception staged by proponents of .bzh , and 
>at the gala of the Cairo meeting I shared a table with the 
>delegation pushing for .cym -- the points of view of both groups of 
>TLD advocates were astoundingly similar.
>
>Most non-Europeans would have to look them up to even know that .cym 
>is for Welsh language culture and .bzh is for the Brittany area of France.

At 10:37 12/01/2009, Adam Peake wrote:
>It's not our job to pre-judge business plans.
>
>>I almost wish that there was a single TLD, let's say ".nation" for 
>>instance, under which all of these could be placed.... maybe then 
>>there would be enough volume to sustain a stable TLD and reasonably 
>>priced domains.
>
>So people who want to develop Welsh language content will find a 
>home at the second level under the English word "nation". I'm sure 
>you can see the attraction in that...  But perhaps your right, find 
>the cash and put in an application, but don't write a business plan 
>that limit the rights of others to innovate.

At 12:10 12/01/2009, John Levine wrote:
>>And in dismissing them he's serious, or attempting to write a gag 
>>for Saturday Night Live as the Ugly American? If serious then how 
>>sad, small minded and dumb.
>
>Sigh.  If you're going to insult me, could you at least spend a few 
>seconds reading what I wrote before doing so?
>It's truly sad if the best we can do here is closed-minded sniping.