on 12/2/2002 11:13 AM Stephen Sprunk wrote: > Okay, so when every foo.com. applies to become a foo., how will you > control the growth? 1/ no trademarks allowed 2/ competitive rebidding every two years 3/ mandatory open downstream registrations (no exclusions) 4/ high entry fees > IMHO, the only solution to this problem is the elimination of gTLDs > entirely. There isn't enough demand to support more than a few dozen popular TLDs. Generic TLDs are user-driven, with the market deciding which ones they want to use. Geographic TLDs are completely arbitrary and favor the functionary instead of the user. -- Eric A. Hall http://www.ehsco.com/ Internet Core Protocols http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/coreprot/