[ cc list trimmed ] On Mon, 2 Dec 2002, Stephen Sprunk wrote: > Okay, so when every foo.com. applies to become a foo., how will you control > the growth? What is to keep the root from becoming a flat namespace within > a few weeks? It won't take long for the masses realize that an SLD is not > as prestigious as their own personal TLD... I know... a nameing hierarchy like in usenet but it will only be controlling at the top -- then a organization will be CHARTERED to be the caretaker of each of the top level names. maybe we'll start off with just 3 and see how it goes... -rick