you are not talking in facts but opinions. my impression is there
is quite a bit of name clash which spils over into .net.au and .com, while
I couldnt quantify it is a lot more then .005%

but thats not the point, the point is more choice is a good thing. 
gtld are not sitting still they are adding tlds which is taking $$s out of australia.

Vic

Ron Stark [ronstark§snapsite.com.au] wrote:
> ... to which the obvious question is what proportion of the available
> market do they represent?  It's simply not good business to invest in
> developing a market for .005% when there is 90% to be had.
> 
> Ron
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Deus Ex Machina [mailto:vicc§cia.com.au] 
> > Sent: Friday, 26 September 2003 3:20 PM
> > To: dns§lists.auda.org.au
> > Subject: Re: [DNS] Nomination for auDA board.
> > 
> > 
> > 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
> > > > 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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