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Username:	challenge
Date/Time:	Wed, October 3, 2001 at 10:41 PM GMT
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Subject:	And your point being?
Message:
I don't recall saying that .biz replaces .com, however to answer that question I think .BIZ is a dudd, non-starter, DOA etc.. I could see it reaching a .net status but nobody has the stomach, resources and patience to replace their .com with an equivalent .biz On the other hand, companies will be forced to chase down .biz extensions to insure that they don't get mis-used, but once they get them, they will be nothing more than pointers to their .com!! Same thing happened with .WS and that one has gone into the garbage bin of history. They are way too similar in connotation and that's why .biz will fail to have a distinguishing meaning. If you compare both chickenpox.com and chickenpox.info, it's obvious that .INFO will win in the longrun as more people realize that they can get to relevant information rather than an itch cream product. Which brings us back to how do you monetize a .INFO holding if that is your intention. That is a longer discussion and I will give you my view on it in afew days.

Message Thread:

• It's not that hard — Lottery Winner, October 3 @ 8:17 PM (2/21)
• Toll Free Prefixes...they illustrate the point you're making... — Ron_Bennett, October 3 @ 9:19 PM (2/4)
• Misuse of .com — dtobias, October 3 @ 9:43 PM (1/1)
• Blame the negligent registrars and not end users... — psbyowner, October 3 @ 11:48 PM (0/0)
• You wish — gunky, October 3 @ 9:28 PM (1/1)
• You are obviously high on .info — Lottery Winner, October 3 @ 9:58 PM (0/0)
• You miss the point — challenge, October 3 @ 8:35 PM (3/15)
• It would be interesting to see — Elvis, October 3 @ 10:10 PM (0/0)
• Should the Fortune 500 move from .com to .biz ?? — Lottery Winner, October 3 @ 9:31 PM (3/12)
• And your point being? — challenge, October 3 @ 10:41 PM (2/8)
• point is: New TLDs foster confusion, dilution, and disputes. — Lottery Winner, October 3 @ 11:55 PM (1/6)
• moronic analysis — gunky, October 4 @ 12:45 AM (1/5)
• 350,000 domains so far say new TLDs ARE NEEDED — spot, October 4 @ 12:53 AM (1/4)
• Matching their dot coms or hoping to make $, not needed at all — Lottery Winner, October 4 @ 1:12 AM (1/3)
• I agree most aren't, except for INFO, here is why — challenge, October 4 @ 1:39 AM (1/2)
• Good Ideas - .info seems promising — Lottery Winner, October 4 @ 2:16 AM (1/1)
• Time will tell — challenge, October 4 @ 2:35 AM (0/0)
• Thats right — gunky, October 3 @ 10:44 PM (0/0)
• Now you are getting a clue — gunky, October 3 @ 10:33 PM (0/0)
• We must establish the identity — Srana, October 3 @ 8:53 PM (0/0)

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