[At-Large] [GTLD-WG] Amazon, Google And Others Going After Generics

Joly MacFie joly at punkcast.com
Mon Jun 18 19:18:01 UTC 2012


I'd guess that there are just other more pressing needs than tlds at this
time..

j

On Sun, Jun 17, 2012 at 5:44 PM, Antony Van Couvering <avc at avc.vc> wrote:

> Don't forget the absolutely daunting application process and terrifying
> acronym-laden bureaucracy - all in a different language/culture.  If you
> wanted to design something to scare people away you couldn't have done it
> more effectively.
>
> Most of it was constructed without any reason other than to mollify
> interests who cared nothing about Internet stability or security but were
> only fishing  around for excuses to stop the program.
>
> The lack of take-up on the funding offers came as no surprise as our
> company had offered free or very cheap services to disadvantaged
> applicants, and we had no takers. This tells me that money was not the
> issue. The impenetrability and complexity of ICANN seem to me to be far
> more likely culprits.
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> On Jun 17, 2012, at 22:42, Pranesh Prakash <pranesh at cis-india.org> wrote:
>
> > John R. Levine [2012-06-17 19:55]:
> >>> The three support applications are particularly disappointing in
> >>> light of all three being from long-time ICANN participants.
> >>
> >> A reasonable interpretation of the lack of African applicants is that
> >> people looked at the substantial cost and dubious benefits of a vanity
> TLD
> >> and everyone who wasn't already drunk on ICANN kool-aid came to a
> rational
> >> decision that their limited funds would better be spent elsewhere.
> >
> > Plus, the 'substantial cost' is even more substantial in Africa than in
> the
> > US because of the purchasing power differential. (Equally, domain names,
> > which are cheap in the US, might not be that cheap in a country like
> India,
> > even if it costs the same in both countries.)
> >
> > ~ Pranesh
> >
> > --
> > Pranesh Prakash  · Programme Manager · Centre for Internet and Society
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> >
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