Re: [DNS] RE: auDA to consider new names for .au

Re: [DNS] RE: auDA to consider new names for .au

From: Jon Lawrence <jon§jonlawrence.com>
Date: Wed, 24 Apr 2002 10:39:27 +0100
i'm sure new.net will sell it to you at the right price

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>From: "aussiewide.com (administration)" <rebecca&#167;aussiewide.com>
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>Date: Wed, 24 Apr 2002 19:30:15 +1000
>Subject: Re: [DNS] RE: auDA to consider new names for .au
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>
>I dont care provided I can get .bitch
>
>Rebecca
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>From: "Jon Lawrence" <jon&#167;jonlawrence.com>
>To: <dns&#167;lists.auda.org.au>; <dns§auda.org.au>
>Cc: "'Grant Bayley'" <gbayley&#167;ausmac.net>
>Sent: Wednesday, April 24, 2002 6:24 PM
>Subject: RE: [DNS] RE: auDA to consider new names for .au
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>Actually I think .biz reeks of ICANN's spinelessness.  If they'd been
>willing
>to give the internet community what it wanted it would have taken on Image
>Online Design and approved .web
>
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>>Reply-To: dns&#167;lists.auda.org.au
>>From: "Rowe, Joshua" <Joshua.Rowe&#167;auspost.com.au>
>>To: "'Dns List (dns&#167;auda.org.au)'" <dns§auda.org.au>
>>Cc: 'Grant Bayley' <gbayley&#167;ausmac.net>
>>Date: Wed, 24 Apr 2002 18:03:47 +1000
>>Subject: [DNS] RE: auDA to consider new names for .au
>>
>>
>>Forwarded with Grant's permission.
>>
>>
>>Josh
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>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: Grant Bayley [mailto:gbayley&#167;ausmac.net]
>>Sent: Wednesday, 24 April 2002 5:35 PM
>>To: Rowe, Joshua
>>Cc: Link List (link&#167;www.anu.edu.au)
>>Subject: Re: [LINK] auDA to consider new names for .au
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>>On Wed, 24 Apr 2002, Rowe, Joshua wrote:
>>
>>> auDA to consider new names for .au
>>> http://www.auda.org.au/about/news/2002042402.html
>>
>>[snip]
>>
>>> auDA is considering whether there is sufficient public support for the
>>
>>> creation of some new 2LDs. For example, should auDA follow the example
>>
>>> of ICANN and create a new "biz.au" or "name.au"? Another option might
>
>>> be to create new 2LDs for specific sectors of the community, like
>>> "law.au" for lawyers.
>>
>>I'll bite on this particular point.
>>
>>Anyone else think that ".biz" reeks of "1999 dot com excesses"?
>>
>>For this reason alone I'd assert that it's worth ignoring.
>>
>>> auDA is particularly interested in receiving proposals for the
>>> existing info.au 2LD, which is currently inactive.
>>>
>>> "Now that the .info gTLD has commenced operation, we think there is
>>> real potential for info.au to become a very popular domain among
>>> Australian Internet users," said auDA CEO, Chris Disspain.
>>
>>This is mostly personal opinion, but the existing "new" TLDs have gotten
>>a
>>bad name for themselves, and mostly because of the process that was
>followed
>>to bring them into operation.  Firstly, the fact that preference was given
>>to those wanted to "reserve" / stake a claim to an existing name meant
>that
>>it was abused heavily by anyone that could convincingly lie about the
>>trademarks/service marks etc that they held.  Secondly, the fact that
>>spammers picked up the baton and ran with it for .biz/.info/.name meant
>that
>>by the time the domains eventually became available, there was such
>>confusion and latent anger about having received 500 unsolicited email
>>offers to "reserve" domains in the new TLDs, nobody cared about them.
>>
>>More personal opinion.  Who really wants a domain ending in .name?
>>"john.smith.name"  That's got about as much appeal as a warm, mouldy rag.
>>Ditto on ".per" as a 2LD/TLD.  At the very least, an opening up of .id.au
>>without the 3LD requirement for an Australian animal ought to cater for
>the
>>demand for personal domain names.
>>
>>As Chris has hinted at above, the only TLD/2LD's that strike me as having
>>any appeal are those that can be immediately used by organisations that
>are
>>part of a body of professionals or perhaps a club (.law, .club (?)),
>>organisations that perform some historical, information aggregation or
>>archiving function (.museum, .archive (?)), or provide a clear and obvious
>>source of information on a particular topic (.info).
>>
>>Grant
>>
>>
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