In the history-repeats-itself category, it is not
hard to figure out what will happen if undifferentiated TLDs are added to the DNS.
The same thing will happen as when the existing three became undifferentiated.
At one time .COM meant something different than .NET and .ORG, but not anymore.
More undifferentiated TLDs will simply increase NSI's revenue. NSI (and the
neuvo NSIs of the world) will simply market additional TLDs in packs of 5 or 6 or
7, rather than their current practice of selling "only" three at a time.Specific
use TLDs are the only solution. For example, a .LTD should be added to "replace"
.COM in the United Kingdom. A French and German and Spanish and Japanese and
others should be added as well. There would still be a land rush for new TLDs,
but it would mostly be by actual multinationals, like IBM or SONY, which
have a presence in these new TLD audiences. Otherwise, .LTD domains would
probably be mostly of interest to UK participants.
The day NSI stopped "enforcing"
the existing TLD differences began the trip down the slippery slope we now find ourselves
on.