given that the current unhealthy situation with domain names
is to be rectified and that a shared registry system is to be
implemented. the shared registry sytem must be worked out in
such a way that will be fair to new registries. MITs initial
reponce to me was to go away as they werent about to give any help
to any newcommers. I think this is a very poor attitude from MIT.

neither do I think implementing any new domains under .au prior to
competition can be seen as anything but self serving. so
just how many domains have MIT served out in the last year?

the prefered option would be to have the .com.au zone file
under the control of a neutral party to ensure that updates
are carried out promptly and that applications are not accidently
delaid to the bias of any perticular registry.

nor can we have one registry enforcing its rules on another registry.
the keeper of the zone files must be completly rule free in this regard
and allow all incoming updates that dont break lexical/syntactic rules.

gTLD have a shared registry system, if it hasnt been sunk yet.
perhaps this could be used, or at least provide some experience
towards building one. either way bulding one doesnt sound like
a hard problem.

speaking of gTLD I am also shocked and alarmed that MIT is selling
and encouraging people to bid for these domains given the real
possibility that the system will not go ahead. nowhere in the blurb
I was sent is there anything that says what the refund policy is,
or the fact gTLD had a very real chance of not happening.
this is disgraceful business practice.

Vic