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Re: what problem are we solving? (was Re: ICANN opens up Pandora's Box of new TLDs)

  • From: David Conrad
  • Date: Fri Jun 27 16:49:17 2008
On Jun 27, 2008, at 12:23 PM, Scott Francis wrote: 
If we can't even guarantee
reliability with the small handful of TLDs currently in use, when we
start introducing arbitrary new ones to anybody that can pay, I'm
concerned that it's going to make user support even more of a headache

I might suggest that the assumption that reliability can be guaranteed by TLD (any number), regardless of what the labels might imply, is where things are broken. That ship has sailed (and already crashed into the rocks and sunk).

Regards,
-drc