Reply: The main benefit being, this stops incompetent management getting their hands
on a TLD.
--> yesAfilias customers would have known they were gambling
on them doing a good job. Yes - Afilias would be the first to go.
--> I think
customers would have been cheating in this proof of concept phase. If you or ICANN
would let them proof their concept, they must let customers register domains. And
when this proof of concept fails customers are cheated.
Reply: Though I am not
advocate for .web, nor having .web domain, I consider it a good general purpose TLD.
-->agree
Reply:
Agree - with .reg for registered trademarks ;-)
LoL
I read you posts weeks
before that TMs shouldn't have prior right to domains and I have to agree. Nearly
everything is trademarked. But this TMs are poisen for web navigation: Type in orange,
you will get a mobile phone provider, type in apple you would get a copmuter manufacturer,
type in kinder you would get ferrero chocolate, type in cat you would get caterpillar,...