Pie in the sky - if not for the culture clash, would it make sense for Google and Apple to merge? I see a chance for Google to grab the rest of the consumer "stack" - e.g., Apple hardware. This could hedge against a decline in ad revenue. Apple would get a real web presence and web application expertise. You could call it Goople.
Thoughts?
I have no particular expertise or registry space, so please be kind if I make obvious mistakes.
Is there no one at ICANN to complain to? When tlds are given out to registries, does oversight go out the window?
Clearly GoDaddy is losing money to Company X, but the biggest losers have got to be the Europeans, as Parsons mentions. Why is Internet governance so hard? There isn't a week that goes by when slashdot doesn't have another article about how _someone_ has screwed the pooch on DNS..xxx, anyone?
Do the large registrars have enough muscle to actually get ICANN to work out these problems? Or are you loathe to do so because ICANN lays the golden eggs in addition to crapping all over the place?
Maybe I'm totally off center - maybe this is an isolated incident. But if not, might it be time to address the root causes?
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Pie in the sky - if not for the culture clash, would it make sense for Google and Apple to merge? I see a chance for Google to grab the rest of the consumer "stack" - e.g., Apple hardware. This could hedge against a decline in ad revenue. Apple would get a real web presence and web application expertise. You could call it Goople. Thoughts?
I have no particular expertise or registry space, so please be kind if I make obvious mistakes. .xxx, anyone?
Is there no one at ICANN to complain to? When tlds are given out to registries, does oversight go out the window?
Clearly GoDaddy is losing money to Company X, but the biggest losers have got to be the Europeans, as Parsons mentions. Why is Internet governance so hard? There isn't a week that goes by when slashdot doesn't have another article about how _someone_ has screwed the pooch on DNS.
Do the large registrars have enough muscle to actually get ICANN to work out these problems? Or are you loathe to do so because ICANN lays the golden eggs in addition to crapping all over the place?
Maybe I'm totally off center - maybe this is an isolated incident. But if not, might it be time to address the root causes?