Re: [At-Large] [AfrICANN-discuss] ICANN Establishes Forum on Allocation Methods for Single-letter and Single-digit Domain Names

[John L <johnl@xxxxxxxx>]

> We should be convinced that the single-digit domain name will be as a 
> business as the registries business. In fact who will buy x.com, an entity 
> interested in selling sub-domain under the X.com ( may pron oriented site ). 
> Who will be interested in o.com, e.com , same thing.
Actually, the ones that aren't already in use most likely to be snapped up 
by large companies.  Type x.com into your browser, and you'll find that 
it's Paypal.  (Long ago, x.com was their original name).  The domain q.com 
was originally registered by a guy in Massachusetts who eventually sold it 
to Qwest, a large telephone company, because Q is their symbol on the 
stock exchange.  z.com belongs to Nissan, the car maker, which uses it to 
promote their Z series of cars.
At this point, I don't see any reason to treat one or two letter names any 
differently from any other names.  This is particularly true in domains 
that allow second level IDNs since the number of single character names 
will be in the thousands.
R's,
John