Re: Tired of Waiting

"Christopher Ambler" <cambler@iodesign.com> Tue, 14 July 1998 23:00 UTC

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From: Christopher Ambler <cambler@iodesign.com>
To: Robert Shaw <robert.shaw@itu.int>
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Subject: Re: Tired of Waiting
Date: Tue, 14 Jul 1998 14:48:53 -0700
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>Because this is the Internet public infrastructure and not your personal
>playground to make a fast buck. History has taught us a big lesson.
>.com represents 85% of all gTLD registrations. There is a reason: gTLDs
>are non-portable, quasi-non-interchangeable goods (imagine 'ownership'
>of .inc in a world of 100 million SLD delegations). Therefore, competition
>between registries (aka gTLDs) is fantasy. So get over it. Become a
registrar.
>Go forth and suffer *real* competition, not pseudo-competition because you
>have a lock on a gTLD.


I could say the same think to CORE. I guess everyone needs to get over it,
eh, Bob?

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