what about business whose prefered domains are taken?

Vic

Ron Stark [ronstark§snapsite.com.au] wrote:
> My mantra - there are perhaps 10% of businesses entities that are
> eligible to have a .com.au domain name, who actually have one.  Coming
> up with a new variant on 2LD's is tantamount to suggesting that devising
> a new business type (say CC as well as Pty Ltd) is suddenly going to
> increase the number of businesses registered.
> 
> It's a nonsense, of course.
> 
> Equally, there wasn't exactly a rush to register .id.au's either.
> 
> The core issue is the need to give potential registrants a (valid)
> reason to have a domain name in the first place.  Introducing new name
> types does nothing except degrade the whole domain name business.
> 
> Ron Stark
> 
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Jason Pay [mailto:jasonpay§au1.ibm.com] 
> > Sent: Friday, 26 September 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
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> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 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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