auda collect $11 from every domain so reeducating the public isnt an issue
for you. why shouldnt companies get for example ibm.au, many gltd now allow
companies to buy straight domains without having the meaningless .co .com .net .blah
which has caused as you point out nothing but an educational headache.

VIc

Sean Finn [sean§teknol.com.au] wrote:
> ability to register xyz.au would see things like au.com for sure.
> 
> Ability to register xyz.com would also de-value all of the marketing,
> branding, and general thumping into the non technical public's head that has
> gone into .com.au .net.au id.au .org.au .asn.au etc etc.
> 
> The general public recognise a .com.au in most cases, even my 80-something
> year old aunt who has never even used a calculator in her life still buys me
> socks with .com and .com.au on it (Although that pair that said
> www.millenium.2000 etc etc made me cringe)
> 
> But you get the general gist of my opinion.
> 
> i do NOT want to have to reeducate clients etc ad nauseum, as my workload
> will explode and i'll dream nightmares about :// 's and .au's forever more.
> (Bad Thing).
> 
> My Friday Afternoon 2 Cents.
> -Sean Finn.
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jason Pay [mailto:jasonpay§au1.ibm.com]
> Sent: Friday, September 26, 2003 1:46 PM
> To: dns§lists.auda.org.au
> Subject: Re: [DNS] Nomination for auDA board.
> 
> 
> >> What are your opinions on opening up the name space?
> >
> >fewer restrictions. ability to register xyz.au and more 2LD's
> >
> >Vic
> 
> I would agree that there should be fewer restrictions, the impacts
> reducing restrictions would have to be taken into account though.
> 
> Ability to register xyz.au would be great but is it a good idea on a
> logistical level? If someone registered xyz.au and then sold thousands of
> subdomains, then the xyz.au company goes under, all the sub domain people
> effected would be jumping over the auDA. With this in mind, if there was
> the facility to register xyz.au the requirements would have to be very
> high, close to ausregistry level id expect.
> 
> More 2LD's? If a proposal is made and it addresses all policy criteria and
> I agree with the proposal I'd vote for when it came up at the board
> meeting. IMO there's no reason not to add more 2LD's, I guess if the
> demand is there, new 2LD's will be created.
> 
> In the same ballpark though, I would push the 'power of attorney' issue.
> 
> 
> 
> 
> Regards,
> 
> 
> Jason Pay
> Midrange Administrator: AIX LINUX
> IBM Global Services
> jasonpay§au.ibm.com
> +61 (0)2 61242137
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> Deus Ex Machina <vicc&#167;cia.com.au>
> 26/09/2003 01:16 PM
> Please respond to dns
> 
> 
>         To:     dns&#167;lists.auda.org.au
>         cc:
>         Subject:        Re: [DNS] Nomination for auDA board.
> 
> 
> 
> Jason Pay [jasonpay&#167;au1.ibm.com] wrote:
> > >what exactly are your views? where do you stand on opening up the name
> > spaces for instance?
> > >
> > >Vic
> >
> > Can you clarify what you mean by "opening up the name spaces"
> > are you referring to current restrictions on namespaces?
> >
> > In any case, its not just my opinion that counts I would solicit
> comments
> > from this list and wherever else I can find them, and try and push the
> > consensus view.
> > I would have to make judgments based on where the opinions/views were
> > coming from, and I would do so without bias.
> >
> 
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