America is a free country Ð at least thatÕs what they told me when I was little. So why do we need an organization like ICANN to approve what names will become available for TLD usage? Someone should rethink this whole idea and come up with a different organization whose sole purpose would be to process applications (for a REASONABLE fee) and approve them on first come - first serve basis.
Who are they to decide who gets what? Are they descendents of witch hunters, who just managed to keep high positions in the family? Every era seems to bring some other kind of control freaks, who are given the power to make decisions.
LetÕs analyze the abbreviation ICANN. Internet Corporation for Assigning Names and Numbers. For ASSIGNING Names and Numbers. So why donÕt they start ASSIGNING? Or should I say why donÕt they start doing their jobs?
Name.Space, from New York City, is a company whose ideas I have been supporting from the end of 1998, when I found out about their main area of interest. Name.Space has been trying to introduce new TLDÕs ranging from "dot art" to "dot zone". They have a long list of satisfied clients (I am one of them) who use those TLDÕs. We the clients have been patiently waiting for those TLDÕs to be approved by BPPÕs (Big People in Power), so that we can do with them whatever it is we plan to do.
Enlighten me if I missed something Ð but Ð does someone own the Internet? Or is it free for everybody to use for whatever purposes they wish to? (Providing that they donÕt commit crimes). Name.Space has been serving the needs of us clients, who wish to have domains under "dot art" etc, for a number of years. We are repeat customers, who believe that the inevitable future of the Internet lies in an unlimited number of TLDÕs in all languages, scripts or numbers of the world. I personally disapprove the control any organization or individual claims to have over the Internet, which is not supposed to be owned by anyone. If you own something, only then should you be allowed to be in control of it. If this is not the case than you can become a user like everybody else on the Internet.
The Internet is very much in its infancy. LetÕs not make it another communist regime or dictatorship Ð letÕs make it the free network for people to use. LetÕs join forces with Name.Space and similar organizations and individuals with similar ideas and free up the Internet for all.
Cheers, Igor
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America is a free country Ð at least thatÕs what they told me when I was little. So why do we need an organization like ICANN to approve what names will become available for TLD usage? Someone should rethink this whole idea and come up with a different organization whose sole purpose would be to process applications (for a REASONABLE fee) and approve them on first come - first serve basis. Who are they to decide who gets what? Are they descendents of witch hunters, who just managed to keep high positions in the family? Every era seems to bring some other kind of control freaks, who are given the power to make decisions. LetÕs analyze the abbreviation ICANN. Internet Corporation for Assigning Names and Numbers. For ASSIGNING Names and Numbers. So why donÕt they start ASSIGNING? Or should I say why donÕt they start doing their jobs? Name.Space, from New York City, is a company whose ideas I have been supporting from the end of 1998, when I found out about their main area of interest. Name.Space has been trying to introduce new TLDÕs ranging from "dot art" to "dot zone". They have a long list of satisfied clients (I am one of them) who use those TLDÕs. We the clients have been patiently waiting for those TLDÕs to be approved by BPPÕs (Big People in Power), so that we can do with them whatever it is we plan to do. Enlighten me if I missed something Ð but Ð does someone own the Internet? Or is it free for everybody to use for whatever purposes they wish to? (Providing that they donÕt commit crimes). Name.Space has been serving the needs of us clients, who wish to have domains under "dot art" etc, for a number of years. We are repeat customers, who believe that the inevitable future of the Internet lies in an unlimited number of TLDÕs in all languages, scripts or numbers of the world. I personally disapprove the control any organization or individual claims to have over the Internet, which is not supposed to be owned by anyone. If you own something, only then should you be allowed to be in control of it. If this is not the case than you can become a user like everybody else on the Internet. The Internet is very much in its infancy. LetÕs not make it another communist regime or dictatorship Ð letÕs make it the free network for people to use. LetÕs join forces with Name.Space and similar organizations and individuals with similar ideas and free up the Internet for all. Cheers, Igor